rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert L. Bailey) (05/28/90)
In article <6717@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: >In article <20306@nigel.udel.EDU> archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) writes: >>"Is there a demo or freeware version of Minix on the Atari ST? > >Actually, as it turns out, we are working on a demo disk right now. >It will hold the full OS (binary), the shell, mined, and about 20 >of the smallest filters, and come with a 30 page manual. It is >intended to give a feel for what MINIX/UNIX is, and also to allow >prospective users to see if it at least boots on their machine. > >Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) Is a demo disk available for the PC? If so, how does one get it? Bob Bailey (rlb@cs.odu.edu)
archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) (05/28/90)
Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) writes: > archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) writes: > >"Is there a demo or freeware version of Minix on the Atari ST? > > Actually, as it turns out, we are working on a demo disk right now. > It will hold the full OS (binary), the shell, mined, and about 20 > of the smallest filters, and come with a 30 page manual. It is > intended to give a feel for what MINIX/UNIX is, and also to allow > prospective users to see if it at least boots on their machine. I'm happy to hear about it. That makes my life easier. So I'll make yours too, by posting on Friday (i.e. as soon as I've finished the documentation) my mkboot package for the Atari. (I dropped gather2. Can't find the damned bug. I'll rewrite it from scratch next week). Basically, it will removes the need of a special disk with with a filesystem part (the RAMIMAGE copy) and a minix image part. With mkboot, you make a Minix Filesystem floppy bootable (Such a disk loads the /minix.img file from disk and starts it). You just add rm /minix.img to the /etc/rc script to recover ~80K on your ram disk, and here's a stand-alone Minix disk! Robert L. Bailey <rlb@cs.odu.edu> also writes: > Is a demo disk available for the PC? If so, how does one get it? If you look at the code, you'll find some #define intended for demo versions. I think there was one for 1.3, so there should be one for 1.5 too... Vincent Vincent Archer | Email:archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com "People that are good at finding excuses are never good at anything else"
ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (05/28/90)
In article <12626@xanth.cs.odu.edu> rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert L. Bailey) writes: >Is a demo disk available for the PC? If so, how does one get it? I haven't finished it yet. When it is done, P-H will probably sell it for roughly $10. They actually wanted to give it away free, but I warned them against that. When I offered a free book on Amoeba a couple of months ago, I got 1000 responses in the first 3 days :-) + :-( Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert L. Bailey) (05/29/90)
In article <20419@nigel.udel.EDU> archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) writes: > >Robert L. Bailey <rlb@cs.odu.edu> also writes: >> Is a demo disk available for the PC? If so, how does one get it? > >If you look at the code, you'll find some #define intended for demo versions. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That presumes that one already has Minix. I thought that the purpose of a demo version was "try before you buy". Its kind of hard to look at the source code of something you don't have.;-) Bob Bailey (rlb@cs.odu.edu)