eezprandolin@qut.edu.au (09/10/89)
In article <3162@ast.cs.vu.nl>, ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > In article <14646@nswitgould.cs.uts.oz> nick_andrew%713.602@fidogate.fido.oz (Nick Andrew) writes: >>I would tend to prefer distribution in pure compressed form - but >> each disk containing a filesystem. > I agree. I wouldn't consider anything else. However, these file systems > might contain tar files. I'll worry about that later. In any event, I'll > make a shell script that does the installation. >> >>Also, my opinion of the various tools & utilities people >>have written & ported to Minix over 2.5 years is that there >>is too much to include as part of "base" Minix. > Should I leave out kermit? zmodem? ELLE? etc? I think most everything > that I have floating around now is reasonably good and has a following. > >>In Australia, Minix 1.2 or 1.1 (?) from Dymocks costs $350. > How much does it cost from P-H? I am not sure who Dymocks is, but anybody > who wants to can buy MINIX from P-H and then resell it at whatever price they > want. P-H has an office in Sydney. Could you call them, find out what the > story is, and post that? > > Andy Tanenbaum Mail to you bounced so here it is: I tried to obtain Minix ST via PH Sydney in OCT/NOV last year. P-H told me $200 (Aus) plus postage etc and 13 to 16 weeks delivery time I told them it wasn't good enough and ordered direct from the US at $79-95 They also indicated that they were not going to hold the title ex stock Sydney. P.S. Prentice Hall International sales REFUSE to take credit cards not issued from American banks ! (Silly). I ordered mine through an international distributor (Baker and Taylor) who were on the ball and very helpful. (Unlike P-H who were nothing but frustrating). #define DISCLAIMER The_usual_stuff BOB