[comp.os.minix] Minix : Teaching OS in a Differnt Way ! Advise Me ?

cm36+@andrew.cmu.edu (C. V. R. Murthy) (03/23/88)

Hello,
           I came to know about minix and its birth from a paper on
multi-tasking on Personal
Computers. Immediately I bought Dr. Tanenbaum's book :Operating Systems ...
Now I am convinced that it is superb tool for understanding OS principles.
Especiallly,
I am interested in using minix in our instruction at IIT Bombay, India. As I am
a visitor to
Carnegie-Mellon Univ.,  I would like to take along with me the minix sources.
Before ordering I would like to know the follwing :
 1.  Is the software avilable from Printice Hall the latest version of minix ?
      If not where can I get the latest version with updates etc.,
 2.  Primarily, I would like to run minix on XT/AT Personal Computers. Is it
necessary
      to order for both the versions ?
 3. Has anybody attempted to network systems running minix ?

 I would also like to subscribe to this group.  Please add me to your list.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Murthy.