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From: cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: Errrr...what is Minix?
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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 23:44:45 GMT
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Andrew P Carter (acarter1@osf1.gmu.edu) wrote:

:      Yes, I know, weird question, but I was looking through the linux 
: section, and this caught my eye...Based on the posts I read, I assume
: that it's a Unix clone, and it seems to work on low-end computers.  Which
: may be exactly what I'm looking for.  My college is getting straight 
: internet connections to the dorms, and while I'd like to set up a 
: system, I don't want to use my 486-50.  Would this Minix thing work on
: a 386-16?  How much memory does it use?  I couldn't find any info on a 
: faq, so I was forced to post...forgive me :)

Minix will run on anything from an 8086 up, as well as 68K processors
and Suns.  However, there are few network drivers for it - basically 
WD only at the moment, with an NE2000 driver under development.

If you want to try it, the code for the (beta 1.7) PC version is at 
cs.vu.nl and the faq is at rtfm.mit.edu.  (All the earlier versions
are commercial, and have very, very limited networking).

Will
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