[comp.os.minix] New Edition of the MINIX Book to Appear?

AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (09/01/88)

A few weeks ago Andy Tanenbaum said something like "We will ship the
definitive version of 1.3 to Prentice Hall after some beta testing".
Does this mean they will publish a new ed. of the book containing
the "definitive" code? Or does it only mean that they sell the new
version on floppies?

BTW, will the Atari ST version fit into that numbering scheme in any way?

Michael Eibl, Inst. f. Theor. Physics, Univ. zu Koeln
              Cologne, West Germany

ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (09/02/88)

In article <3934@louie.udel.EDU> AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
>... will [P-H] publish a new ed. of the book containing
>the "definitive" code? Or does it only mean that they sell the new
>version on floppies?
There will be no new book for the time being.  Have a heart.  Getting the
software is work enough, without tackling the book right now.

>BTW, will the Atari ST version fit into that numbering scheme in any way?
No.  It seemed strange that the first Atari release would be 1.3.

I am still very interested in hearing about whether the printer
driver works.  I have been offered a new one, but first I want to know
if the old one works, and on what machines/printers.


Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)