croes@fwi.uva.nl (Felix A. Croes) (02/01/90)
Hello QL users everywhere,
Thank you again for all your replies. Clearly the QL is not dead yet! I even got
reactions of the sort "I have allways been considering to buy a QL, with Minix
working on it I certainly will".
Let me emphasize that the current version is *not* going to be distributed in
any way. It is about four times as slow as on the ST, supports only 720K disks,
and all the bugs are not out yet. Many things can be and should be improved.
Due to circumstance and lack of time I am not able to do further work on Minix
QL myself. I am therefore looking for a person or persons who are willing to do
this. Candidates must have:
- a Sinclair QL with
- at least 640K of memory
- at least one 720K 3 1/2" disk drive, Cumana or Cumana compatible (flp1_*d2d
must work for reading/writing the whole disk)
AND
- a Atari ST with Minix
AND
- some way to transfer files from the ST to the QL (for example, XOVER).
You will need the ST to compile the kernel, and a 3 1/2" drive for fast file
transfer. It is possible to work with a QL only, but this will slow down things
considerably.
Anybody interested?
--
Felix Croes (croes@fwi.uva.nl)