ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (12/09/87)
I talked to P-H yesterday. Version 1.2 of MINIX in 256K & 640K PC, 512K AT, mag tape, and the IBM slipcase version with the abridged book are all in stock. If it is of any consolation to the people who have had to wait and wait and wait, one of the corporate vice presidents was so unhappy about the poor service to customers that he fired the person who was in charge of managing the MINIX inventory. He has been replaced by someone else who has clear instructions to make sure it doesn't go out of stock again. They are now shipping to everyone whose order got backlogged. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
bob@dhw68k.cts.com (Bob Best) (12/19/87)
In article <1779@botter.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > >I talked to P-H yesterday. Version 1.2 of MINIX in 256K & 640K PC, 512K AT, >mag tape, and the IBM slipcase version with the abridged book are all >in stock. > >Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) After having waited one month for delivery, I finally received the Minix version 1.1 (!) disks for the IBM-PC 640k system. I immediately called Prentice-Hall and spoke to a man by the name of Jim Fagan who told me that the disks for version 1.2 would *not* be available for shipment until February 1988. He also told me that the changes in version 1.2 were relevant only to the IBM-AT version hard disk support, and, hence, were of no consequence to the IBM-PC disks that I ordered. It was my understanding that the source code for IBM-AT specific device drivers are included with the IBM-PC disk set, and I would expect the IBM-PC disks to contain any revisions pertaining to the IBM-AT. Since I intend to run Minix on both systems, I require working drivers for both the PC and AT. It would seem that there is still some confusion and/or misinformation surrounding the distribution of the Minix software. Does anybody *really* know what is happening here? I am sure that all Minix enthusiasts agree that Dr. Tanenbaum's brilliant contribution deserves better handling and support. In the meantime, could someone please direct me to a convenient source for the version 1.2 diffs. I have abandoned hope of ever getting them from P-H. -- Bob Best uucp: ...{trwrb,hplabs}!felix!dhw68k!bob InterNet: bob@dhw68k.cts.com