gaines@mars.njit.edu (Starman) (04/30/91)
Hi, kids All the ftp sites I find with minix are for the IBM. Is there a Mac version around anywhere? =========================================================================== "They can fly rings around the moon, | Mike but we're years ahead of them on the highway" | gaines@mars.njit.edu =========================================================================== System 7 on an 800K floppy? HA! ===========================================================================
jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff) (04/30/91)
gaines@mars.njit.edu (Starman) writes: >Hi, kids >All the ftp sites I find with minix are for the IBM. Is there a Mac >version around anywhere? MINIX is commercial software, available directly from Prentice-Hall. MINIX patches are posted to ftp sites. Many patches work on all versions of MINIX. Mac-specific patches are indicated as such. And a question: Has anybody received any information about the new Mach o/s for the Macintosh (called MachTen or something like that)? Any information on this product would be appreciated! Jeff -- jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
dburr@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) (04/30/91)
In article <1991Apr29.235959.19438@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff) writes: >gaines@mars.njit.edu (Starman) writes: > >>Hi, kids > >>All the ftp sites I find with minix are for the IBM. Is there a Mac >>version around anywhere? > >MINIX is commercial software, available directly from Prentice-Hall. > >MINIX patches are posted to ftp sites. Many patches work on all >versions of MINIX. Mac-specific patches are indicated as such. > >And a question: > Has anybody received any information about the new Mach o/s for the >Macintosh (called MachTen or something like that)? Any information on >this product would be appreciated! > >Jeff > >-- >jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu I think what he means is where a MINIX *DEMO* disk can be found. The official MINIX ftp site, plains.nodak.edu, has IBM MINIX demo disks. But, to my knowledge, a Mac demo doesn't exist, which is really unfortunate, because it's nice to demo a piece of software (especially an OS like Minix) before you actually go out and buy it. So, in summmary: IBM demo disks ARE available... ftp to plains.nodak.edu and poke around pub/Minix to find them. Mac demos are NOT available -- start a posting campaign on comp.os.minix if you'd like to see them made. =============================================================================== Donald Burr, Univ. of California,Berkeley | America Online: DonaldBurr INTERNET: dburr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU |_Compu$erve:_72540,3071_____________ or: 72540.3071@compuserve.COM | "Send flames to /dev/null."