[comp.os.minix] Ordering MINIX

car@pte.UUCP (Chris Rende) (10/25/88)

I hope to have a new PC/XT soon :-) and number one on the software-to-purchase
list is MINIX. I plan to get 512k to start with. So, I'll probably order the
512k PC/XT MINIX. When I upgrade to 640k, can I reconfigure MINIX for 640k?
(So that the end result would be the same as purchasing 640k MINIX).

Are there any other versions of MINIX for a XT beside these two?

car.
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car@pte.UUCP (Chris Rende) (11/01/88)

In mail that I recieved about ordering MINIX, comments were made about
recompiling "cc.c". I thought that the source for the compiler does not come
with MINIX (the $80 package). Is "cc.c" just a front end arg parser to the
compiler passes? (And then the sources for the compiler passes are not
included).

What book comes with MINIX? Is it the large light brown $$$ hardcover book
with only the kernel listings? Or, is there some other smaller book. The
postings that I've read have not been clear on this item. (I already have the
large $$$ hardcover book. Can you get MINIX without the large book?)

What is PH's order phone number? What are the order numbers for 512k MINIX and
640k MINIX?

Thanks,

car.
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ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (11/02/88)

In article <308@pte.UUCP> car@pte.UUCP (Chris Rende) writes:
> Is "cc.c" just a front end arg parser to the compiler passes?
Yes.  cc.c is included by the source code of the passes are not included.

>What book comes with MINIX? 
None.  There is a 719 page yellow hardcover book and a 486 page paperback
reference manual.  Neither is included with the $80 software package.

>What is PH's order phone number? What are the order numbers for 512k MINIX and
>640k MINIX?
P-H is (201) 767-5937
MINIX for the IBM PC is  0-13-583873-8
MINIX for the IBM PC/AT is 0-13-583865-7
MINIX for the Atari ST is 0-13-584392-8

Andy Tanenbaum

dkhusema@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Dirk Husemann (Inf4 - hiwi)) (11/03/88)

From article <308@pte.UUCP>, by car@pte.UUCP (Chris Rende):
> [stuff about cc.c deleted]
> ...
> 
> What book comes with MINIX? Is it the large light brown $$$ hardcover book
> with only the kernel listings? Or, is there some other smaller book. The
					      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	As far as I know there are two editions of the book 'Design and Implem-
tation of an Operating System': A hardcover version (the brown one) and a
paperback edition (International student edition; red). Both are - again, as
far as I know - essentially the same.

> postings that I've read have not been clear on this item. (I already have the
> large $$$ hardcover book. Can you get MINIX without the large book?)
> 
> What is PH's order phone number? What are the order numbers for 512k MINIX and
> 640k MINIX?

	The international edition (the red book) has a section on ordering
MINIX in the front -  complete with address and such.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> car.
> -- 
> Christopher A. Rende         Multics,DTSS,Shortwave,Scanners,StarTrek
> uunet!edsews!rphroy!pte!car  TRS-80 Model I: Buy Sell Trade
> Motorola VME1131 M68020 SVR2 Precise Technology & Electronics, Inc.

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