broman@cod.UUCP (Vincent P. Broman) (09/05/87)
Here is the latest list of Minix compatible/incompatible machines. These rumors are transmitted "as is", without express or implied warranty. Additions go to ast@cs.vu.nl and me. I cannot mail to rmc.bitnet or anything.netnorth . If you are looking for hard disk driver fixes, get message 1544@botter.cs.vu.nl from minix-server@bugs.nosc.mil, along with the rest of v1.2 . Computer info source MINIX runs? HD runs? --------- ----------- ----------- -------- AMT-ATjr darren@ethos.uucp yes ARC Turbo XT clone m692040@sdsu.uucp yes AT&T 6300 dklann@marque.uucp yes no AT&T 6300 jcs@chinet.uucp yes yes with fix of go AT&T 6300+ kav@ihlpa.att.com yes yes with sketched fixes AT&T 6300+ w/ 1.2Mb flp kav@ihlpa.att.com no ATronics AT clone hubble@cae780.uucp yes ATronics XT clone dhb@bek-mc.caltech.edu yes yes w/ fix Aerocomp Clone rmtodd@uokmax.uucp yes yes w/ fix Amstrad steve@warwick.uucp yes no BIOS silent partner ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes Bullet 286 XT hgm@lanl.gov yes yes w/ his fix Commodore PC-10 I henkp@nikhefk.uucp no Commodore PC-10 II ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes Commodore PC-40 (AT) henkp@nikhefk.uucp yes Compaq 386 ast@cs.vu.nl no Compaq DeskPro walker@xanth.uucp yes Compaq DeskPro 286 walker@xanth.uucp yes Compaq Portable cavender@drivax.uucp yes yes w/fix Compaq Portable II foster@beno.css.gov yes Computer Classfd ST/286 myxm@lanl.gov yes Corona PC-400 dtinker@utoronto.bitnet yes Corona PC-400 janet@unrvax.uucp no (see below) DEC VAXmate (AT) bengtb@erix.se yes 1.2 Epson Equity 3 ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes Faraday motherboard jallen@netxcom.uucp yes Ferranti PC860/XT lyo@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk yes yes w/ fix GRID GridCase 3 steven@cwi.nl yes Honeywell AP ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes HP Vectra eric@unmvax.unm.edu no IBM PC ganesh@utah-cs.uucp yes IBM PC-AT @6MHz ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes IBM PC-AT @8MHz ast@cs.vu.nl yes no IBM PC-XT ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes 10Mb IBM PC-XT-286 ast@cs.vu.nl yes no IBM PC Convertible bdale@winfree.uucp no IBS system 2000 sbanner1@sol.uvic.cdn yes yes w/ fix IMC XT, 8MHz V20, beugel@klipper.cs.vu.nl yes ITT XTRA ast@cs.vu.nl yes Kaypro 286i (AT) comp13@tjalk.cs.vu.nl yes Kaypro PC ken@driwash.uucp yes Leading Edge clone ganesh@utah-cs.uucp yes Leading Edge models M&D wegrzyn@cdx39.uucp yes Leading Edge MP-1673 wjc@eddie.mit.edu yes no Leading Edge model D Frank Comberiati @cpesac.uucp yes, except for display Multitech ACCEL 900 twaites@sicom.uucp yes no NCR PC8 ast@cs.vu.nl yes no Olivetti M24 vanderpol@amolf.nl yes yes with fix Samsung clone ganesh@utah-cs.uucp yes SEFCO AT Clone dhb@bek-mc.caltech.edu yes yes? Shitel ast@cs.vu.nl no Tandon PCA20 (AT) henkp@nikhefk.uucp yes yes Tandy 1000 kimery@wdl1.uucp no Tandy 1000SX,1000EX john@moncol.uucp no Tandy 1000 johnc@mia.uucp yes w/fix yes w/fix Tandy 1200 modified bdale@winfree.uucp yes Televideo Telenix 286 ast@cs.vu.nl yes Toshiba T1100+ bdale@winfree.uucp yes Toshiba T1100+ stuart@bms-at.uucp yes Unisys micro IT ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes Unnamed Asian Clone arthur@ubu.uucp yes Xerox 6085 PC emulator lindsay@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk yes yes XT-2000 clone subelman@ttidca.tti.com yes Zenith 150 n0ano@wldrdg.uucp yes no Zenith Z-151 zemon@felix.uucp yes yes w/ fix Zenith 181 bdale@winfree.uucp yes Zenith Z-248 (AT) ast@cs.vu.nl yes yes (20 Mb) Disks Info source Comment ----------- ----------- ------- Adaptec 2002/Rodime bdale@winfree.uucp works with fix of n0ano@wldrdg Data Technology Corp ast@cs.vu.nl AT controller; works DTC-5150BX HDC lyo@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk runs with fix Everex AT compat HD myxm@lanl.gov HD troubles Maynard Corp Hard Card ganesh@utah-cs.uucp not compat NEC D5126 HDU vanderpol@amolf.nl runs with own fix on Oliv-M24 NCL HDC on AT esc1319@ddaesa10.bitnet unexpected traps NCL HDC ptk@hutcs.hut.fi runs with sketched fix. Seagate 4026, IBM Ctrlr sheu@gitpyr.gatech.edu runs with fix of hubble@cae780 Seagate ST4906 80Mb HD hubble@cae780.uucp yes with posted fix WD 1002S-WX2 HDC, ST225, go@orstcs.uucp runs with posted fix WD 1002A-WX1 HDC, Rodine 204, bdale@winfree.uucp runs with fix of n0ano@wldrdg WD 1002/ST225 HD albery@ncoast.uucp won't run yet WD 1003-WA3 FDC comp13@tjalk.cs.vu.nl runs with posted fix WD controllers ast@cs.vu.nl supported by v1.2 kernel. Xebec HDC 20Mb disk arthur@warwick.uucp works, but hd <3Mb only Xebec HDC, 10Mb HD m692040@sdsu.uucp runs if minix on 1st partition Z150 Hard Disk n0ano@wldrdg.uucp works with posted fix Bernoulli disk acharya@sbcs has problems doing mkfs thereon Toshiba T1100+ 720K stuart@bms-at.uucp supported by posted fixes AT&T 6300 Floppies ast@cs.vu.nl supported by posted mod Video cards Info source Comment ----------- ----------- ------- Corona PC-400 own display janet@unrvax.uucp cursor stuck, scrolls wrong. CT-6040S mono-graphics go@orstcs.uucp support by posted fix EGA video ast@cs.vu.nl not working, fixes suggested (EGA) NEC GB-1 vizard@dartvax scroll fix unsuccessful also PGC sheu@gitpyr.gatech.edu fine Sigma Designs Color 400 bc@njitsc1.uucp incompat, causes NMIs Tecmar Graphics Master sbanner1@sol.uvic.cdn CGA emul probs like EGA Toshiba T1100+ display stuart@bms-at.uucp scroll problem, mod posted Printers Info source Comment --------- ----------- ------- Epson FX-80 prtr arthur@warwick.uucp unreliable prtr driver printer MSDOS ok, Minix not, dlong@sdsu.uucp supported by posted fix. Other boards Info source Comment --------- ----------- ------- AST Six Pack Clock tsp@killer.uucp support by posted code AST Six Pack Premium go@orstcs.uucp clock code posted ... MegaPlus diamant@hpfclp.hp.com simpler clock code posted MCT multi-IO card myxm@lanl.gov code for clock setting posted Multi-IO card/AMT-ATjr darren@ethos.uucp none of above clock code worked CompuAdd MFC cavender@drivax.uucp myxm's clock code worked Alpha Micro Videotrax zemon@felix.uucp board is inimical Vincent Broman, code 632, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA 92152, USA Phone: +1 619 225 2365 Internet: broman@nosc.mil Uucp: sdcsvax!nosc!broman
broman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Vincent P. Broman) (09/16/88)
Here is my aperiodic posting of a synopsis on "Which Machines Run Minix?"
Send updates to me, including your mailing address, the precise hardware
you tried Minix out on, the version[s] of Minix involved, and
any helpful comments. I cull net postings for this info, too.
If you see a "fix" entry for your machine below, the code fixes necessary
to make Minix run on your machine can be obtained either from the
named source of the report or else from the Minix archives.
Look for posted articles from the person/machine supplying the
compatibility report, probably with a Subject line like "Tandy fixes"
or something equally alerting.
The Hard disk info is confusing, but the synopsis is: many hardisks
didn't work under v1.1 but do under v1.2 .
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M I N I X C O M P A T I B I L I T Y S H E E T
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This version dates 15 september 1988
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SW = SoftWare, HD = HardDisk, yes = vanilla version runs, no = not yes,
fix = works with some fix(posted or not), hotboot = works if warm boot.
u = unknown ( yet ) [ do something about it, send the editor email ].
'*' in "editor choice of column" means that the respondent did not indicate
whether his/her information applied to 1.1 or 1.2, or that information got
lost and the editor inserted the information into the column he deemed most
appropiate. It may be the wrong column however, so be warned.
Version 1.0 is the version in the book. MINIX 1.1 is the oldest you may have
and the differences are minor. V1.2 is available from Prentice-Hall.
V1.3 doesn't exist yet, except in a preliminary beta-test form.
COMPUTER MINIX 1.1 editor MINIX 1.2 INFO SOURCE
---------------------- --------- choice --------- -----------
SW HD of SW HD
column
386 AT compact no u yes u [jds]
AMT-ATjr u u * yes u [darren]
AMT 386 no u * u u [wes]
ARC Turbo XT u u * yes u [m692040]
Atari ST Not Yet Released [ast]
AT&T 6300 u u yes no [pechter]
AT&T 6300 u u * yes fix [jcs]
AT&T 6300+ yes fix yes fix [kav]
AT&T 6300+ w/ 1.2Mb flp u u * fix u [kav]
AT&T 6312 WGS u u yes u [jimj]
ATronics AT u u * yes u [hubble]
ATronics XT u u * yes fix [dhb]
Acer 1100 no u * u u [wes]
Aerocomp yes no yes yes [rmtodd]
Amiga 1000/Sidecar u u * yes u [becker]
Amstrad u u * yes no [steve]
Amstrad Portable yes u u u [rj]
BIOS silent partner yes yes u u [ast]
Bullet 286 XT yes no yes yes [hgm]
CAF Turbo College u u * yes fix [megevand]
Commodore PC-10 I no u * u u [henkp]
Commodore PC-10 II u u * yes yes [ast]
Commodore PC-40 u u * yes u [henkp]
Compaq 386 no u u u [ast]
Compaq DeskPro u u * yes u [walker]
Compaq DeskPro 286 u u * yes u [walker]
Compaq DeskPro 286 (CDC HD) u u yes no [jps]
Compaq Portable u u * yes fix [cavender]
Compaq Portable 2 no u u u [ast]
Compaq Portable II u u * yes u [foster]
CompuAdd Std 286/10 yes yes yes yes [edhall]
Computer Classfd ST/286 u u * yes u [myxm]
Corona PC-400 u u * yes u [dtinker]
Corona PC-400 no u yes u [broman]
Datavue Spark Portable u u * yes u [tcoram]
DEC VAXmate u u yes u [bengtb]
DTK mothrbd @8MHz w/V20 u u * yes u [ncoverby]
Epson Equity II u u * yes u [ppychin]
Epson Equity 3 yes yes u u [ast]
Epson PC AX yes u yes u [chang]
Faraday motherboard u u * yes u [jallen]
Ferranti PC860/XT u u * yes fix [jel]
Fountain AT u u * yes yes [mclean]
GRiD GridCase 3 u u * yes u [steven]
Honeywell AP yes yes u u [ast]
HP Vectra no u * u u [eric]
IBM AT-339 u u yes yes [hysell]
IBM PC u u * yes u [ganesh]
IBM PC/AT @6MHz yes yes u u [ast]
IBM PC/AT @8MHz yes no u u [ast]
IBM PC/XT 1OM HD yes yes yes yes [ast]
IBM PC/XT-286 yes no u u [ast]
IBM PC Convertible no u * u u [bdale]
IBM PS/2 various no no u u [rj]
IBS system 2000 u u * yes fix [sbanner1]
IMC XT, 8MHz V20 u u * yes u [beugel]
Intel iSBC 386AT yes fix yes yes [jds]
ITT XTRA u u * yes u [ast]
ITT XTRA Prof 700 no u * u u [c0033003]
Jameco JE-1003 AT Board u u yes yes [roskos]
Kaypro 286i u u * yes u [comp13]
Kaypro PC u u * yes u [ken]
Leading Edge u u * yes u [ganesh]
Leading Edge models M&D u u * yes u [wegrzyn]
Leading Edge MP-1673 u u * yes no [wjc]
Leading Edge model D u u * no u [comberiati]
Leading Edge D2 u u hotboot u [darylm]
Multitech ACCEL 900 u u * yes no [twaites]
NCR PC8 yes no u u [ast]
NCR PC-8, Wren 1 HD yes u yes u [tdavis]
NEC APC IV, Rev A BIOS no u * u u [wes]
NEC APC IV, Rev B BIOS u u * yes u [wes]
Nokia ASC u u yes yes [nispa]
Olivetti M24 u u * yes fix [vanderpol]
Osborne 6T u u * yes yes [nispa]
PC's Limited Turbo PC u u yes yes [sullivan]
PC's Limited 286 8MHz yes yes u u [b_badger]
Philips P3101 PC yes fix u u [willy]
Samsung u u * yes u [ganesh]
SEFCO AT yes yes u u [dhb]
Shitel no u u u [ast]
Sun IPC yes u u u [paula]
Tandon PCA20 u u * yes yes [henkp]
Tandy 1000 no u * u u [kimery]
Tandy 1000SX,1000EX no u * u u [john]
Tandy 1000 u u * fix fix [johnc]
Tandy 1200 modified u u * yes u [bdale]
Televideo AT @8MHz u u yes no [corley]
Televideo Telenix 286 yes no u u [ast]
Toshiba T1100+ u u * yes u [bdale]
Toshiba T1100+ u u * yes u [stuart]
Tulip Compact II yes u yes u [chang]
Unisys micro IT yes yes u u [ast]
Unnamed Asian Clone u u * yes u [arthur@u]
Victor Champion (V30) yes fix yes fix [clark]
Win Labs Turbo-AT u u fix yes [roskos]
Xerox 6085 PC emulator u u * yes yes [lindsay]
XT-2000 u u * yes u [subelman]
Zenith Z-151 u u * yes fix [zemon]
Zenith 181 u u * yes u [bdale]
Zenith Z-248 20 M HD u u yes yes [ast]
Zenith Z-386 u u yes yes [cs002]
Video card Comment Source
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ATI EGA Wonder fine [megevand]
Corona PC-400 own display cannot curse or scroll in v1.1 [broman]
CT-6040S mono-graphics support by posted fix [go]
EGA video not working, fixes suggested [ast]
(EGA) NEC GB-1 scroll fix unsuccessful also [vizard]
Hercules scrolling problems [mike]
Hercules compat on IMC clone v1.2 fine [beugel]
MonoGraphics MG-150 v1.1 & v1.2 fine [edhall]
PGC fine [sheu]
Sigma Designs Color 400 incompatible, causes NMIs [bc]
Tecmar Color Card problems like EGA. (v1.1,1.2) [jss]
Tecmar Graphics Master CGA emul probs like EGA [sbanner1]
Toshiba T1100+ display scroll problem, mod posted [stuart]
Video 7 on IBM AT screen blanks periodically [cline]
Disks Comment Source
----- ------- ------
Adaptec 2002/Rodime with fix of [n0ano] [bdale]
Adaptec ACB2072 HDC v1.1 no [wtoomey]
Adaptec 2070A RLL HDC v1.2 with his mods [backstro]
Data Technology Corp AT controller; works [ast]
DTC-5150BX HDC runs with fix [jel]
DTC-5150CX HDC v1.2 wont fsck [werner]
DTC-5287 AT-RLL HDC v1.2 wont fsck [bdale]
Everex AT compat HD HD troubles [myxm]
HC-100 C2 HDC/ST-125 v1.2 wont work [nick]
HardCard 20 v1.2 ok [dcd]
LCS-6210 HDC v1.1&v1.2 wont run it [y85]
Maynard Corp Hard Card not compat [ganesh]
Miniscribe 3650/WD1003-WA2 HDC v1.1&v1.2 ok, (fix fsck hd cnt) [edhall]
Mod.Circ.Tech. AT/FH controller floppy and wini both work [roskos]
NEC D5126 HDU runs with own fix on Oliv-M24 [vanderpol]
NCL HDC on AT unexpected traps [esc1319]
NCL HDC runs only with sketched fix. [ptk]
Omti 5527 RLL on ST238 yes with fix not posted [megevand]
Seagate 4026, IBM Ctrlr runs with fix of [hubble] [shue]
Seagate ST4906 80Mb HD v1.1&v1.2 only w/ his fix [hubble]
ST238R/ST11R RLL HDC ran with fixes from UseNet [willy]
Miniscribe 3012/Philips DCM had to write own driver [willy]
Tandon Tm262 20Mb+WDCtl ok for 10Mb only [sas]
WD 1002S-WX2 HDC, ST225 runs with posted fix [go]
WD 1002A-WX1 HDC, Rodine 204 runs with fix of [n0ano] [bdale]
WD 1002/ST225 HD v1.1 runs given diff HD params [allbery]
WD 1003-WA3 FDC runs with posted fix [comp13]
WD controllers supported by v1.2 kernel. [ast]
Xebec HDC 20Mb disk works,but hd <3Mb only [arthur@w]
Xebec HDC, 10Mb HD runs if minix on 1st partition [692040]
Z150 Hard Disk works with posted fix [n0ano]
Bernoulli disk has problems doing mkfs thereon [acharya]
Toshiba T1100+ 720K supported by posted fixes [stuart]
AT&T 6300 Floppies supported by posted mod [ast]
Printer Comment Source
------- ------- ------
Epson FX-80 prtr unreliable prtr driver v1.1 [arthur@w]
printer MSDOS ok, Minix not supported by posted fix. [dlong]
Seikosha SP1200AI bitnet wont work properly [megevand]
Other boards Comment Source
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AST Six Pack Clock support by posted code [tsp]
AST Six Pack Premium clock code posted [go]
AST MegaPlus simpler clock code posted [diamant]
MCT multi-IO card code for clock setting posted [myxm]
Multi-IO card/AMT-ATjr none of above clock code worked [darren]
CompuAdd MFC [myxm]'s clock code worked [cavender]
CAF multi-IO card posted(?) clock code [megevand]
Quadram Quadboard clock driver posted [bunda]
Alpha Micro Videotrax board is inimical [zemon]
Who's who ?
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[acharya] acharya@sbcs
[allbery] allbery@ncoast.uucp
[arthur@u] arthur@ubu.uucp
[arthur@w] arthur@warwick.uucp
[ast] ast@cs.vu.nl
[backstro] backstro@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
[bc] bc@njitsc1.uucp
[bdale] bdale@winfree.uucp
[becker] becker@humber.bitnet
[bengtb] bengtb@erix.se
[beugel] beugel@cs.vu.nl
[broman] broman@nosc.mil
[bunda] bunda@cs.utexas.edu
[b_badger] b_badger@unhh.bitnet
[c0033003] c0033003@dbstu1.bitnet
[cavender] cavender@drivax.uucp
[chang] chang@philtis.uucp
[clark] clark@ttidca.tti.com
[cline] cline@pnet01.cts.com
[comberiati] comberiati@cpesac.uucp
[comp13] comp13@tjalk.cs.vu.nl
[corley] corley@cs.rochester.edu
[cs002] cs002@unocss.uucp
[darren] darren@ethos.uucp
[darylm] darylm@illian.uucp
[dcd] dcd@tc.fluke.com
[dhb] dhb@bek-mc.caltech.edu
[diamant] diamant@hpfclp.hp.com
[dlong] dlong@sdsu.uucp
[dtinker] dtinker@utoronto.bitnet
[edhall] edhall@rand.org
[eric] eric@unmvax.unm.edu
[esc1319] esc1319@ddaesa10.bitnet
[foster] foster@beno.css.gov
[ganesh] ganesh@utah-cs.uucp
[go] go@orstcs.uucp
[henkp] henkp@nikhefk.uucp
[hgm] hgm@lanl.gov
[hubble] hubble@cae780.uucp
[hysell] hysell@kodak.uucp
[jallen] jallen@netxcom.uucp
[jcs] jcs@chinet.uucp
[jds] jds@mimsy.umd.edu
[jel] jel@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk
[jimj] jimj@iwtjj.att.com
[johnc] johnc@mia.uucp
[john] john@moncol.uucp
[jps] jps@cup.portal.com
[jss] jss@sun.com
[kav] kav@ihlpa.att.com
[ken] ken@driwash.uucp
[kimery] kimery@wdl1.uucp
[lindsay] lindsay@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk
[m690240] m692040@sdsu.uucp
[mclean] mclean@think.com
[megevand] megevand@cgeuge54.bitnet
[mike] mike@bnr-vpa.arpa
[myxm] myxm@lanl.gov
[n0ano] n0ano@wldrdg.uucp
[ncoverby] ncoverby@ndsuvax.uucp
[nick] nick@nswitgould.oz
[nispa] nispa@hutcs.hut.fi
[paula] paula@bcsaic.uucp
[pechter] pechter@dasys1.uucp
[ppuchin] ppychin@orchid.waterloo.edu
[ptk] ptk@hutcs.hut.fi
[rj] rj@cs.glasgow.ac.uk
[rmtodd] rmtodd@uokmax.uucp
[roskos] roskos@csed-1.uucp or roskos@dockmaster.arpa
[sas] sas@bcd-dyn.uucp
[sbanner1] sbanner1@sol.uvic.cdn
[sheu] sheu@gitpyr.gatech.edu
[steven] steven@cwi.nl
[steve] steve@warwick.uucp
[stuart] stuart@bms-at.uucp
[subelman] subelman@ttidca.tti.com
[sullivan] sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu
[tcoram] tcoram@udcvax.bitnet
[tdavis] tdavis@enlog.wichita.ncr.com
[tsp] tsp@killer.uucp
[twaites] twaites@sicom.uucp
[vanderpol] vanderpol@amolf.nl
[vizard] vizard@dartvax
[walker] walker@xanth.uucp
[wegrzyn] wegrzyn@cdx39.uucp
[werner] werner@nikhefk.uucp
[wes] wes@obie.uucp
[willy] willy@idca.tds.philips.nl
[wjc] wjc@eddie.mit.edu
[wtoomey] wtoomey@gara.une.oz
[y85] y85.b-jansson@linus.liu.se
[zemon] zemon@felix.uucp
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edited by Vincent Broman, broman@nosc.mil
reformat and intro, Tamura Jolink, tamura@hlerul5
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Vincent Broman, code 632, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA 92152, USA
Phone: +1 619 553 1641 Internet: broman@nosc.mil Uucp: sdcsvax!nosc!bromanwalterc@hpsad.HP.COM (Walter Coole) (10/04/88)
I'm interested in MINIX on Toshiba lap-tops. I have a T1000, and will try it out unless I become convinced it won't work.