doug@nixtdc.uucp (Doug Moen) (08/17/90)
I phoned the Toronto office of Prentice Hall today. They told me Macintosh Minix 1.5 is due to be released on September 15, for CAN $216. (ISBN # 013-585-0509) (Much cheaper than AUX, and you get source code) Unfortunately, the nice people in the order department don't know anything about the implementation details. Here are my questions: 1. Does Mac Minix (a) use its own file system, or (b) use the Macintosh file system? I would prefer alternative (b), so that I can read and modify Mac text files using Minix programs, and vice versa. If alternative (a) is used, then presumably I have to partition my hard disk so that I have a Mac partition and a Minix partition. 2. If Mac Minix uses it own file system, then is there any software that lets me mount a Mac-formatted file system in the Minix universe, or a Minix-formatted file system in the Mac universe? 3. Does Mac Minix follow the Mac convention of using character 13 as the newline character, or does it follow the unix convention of using character 10 as newline? This tells me whether Mac and Minix text files are compatible, or whether I need to use a conversion utility. 4. Is it possible for Mac Minix and Multifinder to run at the same time?