[comp.os.minix] more neophyte questions

ead@cup.portal.com (Eric A DeMund) (10/17/89)

dear comp.os.minix,

i'm about to buy minix version 1.3, but i don't know which
of the following two to buy:

    minix for the ibm pc, xt, and at
    pc/at version
    isbn 013-584418-5

    minix for the ibm pc, xt, and at
    640k version
    isbn 013-584426-6

i have an ibm pc/at clone with 640k; can someone let me know
what the above labels mean? thank you very much.

eric

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[    eric de mund                                                    ]
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reyn@trsvax.UUCP (10/19/89)

Having just purchased minix 1.3 for the IBM PC/AT I can warn you that the
distribution disks are 1.2 Meg 5 1/4" floppies.  My "AT" clone doesn't have
a high density drive, but I was able to use another machine to rectify the
situation.  

So don't order the AT version unless you have access to high density
drives.

( My case is actually worse, since all I had were 3 1/2" drives )