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From: cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: 8086 IBM XT - anyone?
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 12:21:21 GMT
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raleigh@u-net.com wrote:
: I have an 8086 IBM XT, I want to run Minix. The beta version I have seen
: quotes as Minix-386, does the 386 refer to the Intel chip, if so is there a 
: 8086 version and where can I get hold of it.

The same place as the 386 version - ftp.cs.vu.nl.  Here's the
directory structure, as of a few weeks ago.  You need the i86
files (binaries), the man pages, and the source tree.

ftp> cd pub/minix/beta
ftp> ls
total 42
drwxr-xr-x   5 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 .
drwxr-xr-x   9 ast	 infstaff     512 Aug 23 17:57 ..
drwxr-xr-x   5 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 1.7.0
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	     5229 Jun 15 08:43 README
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	     5179 Jun 15 08:42 README.html
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	     2486 Jun 15 08:39 announcement
drwxr-xr-x   3 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 contrib
drwxr-xr-x   2 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 23 07:13 dosutil
lrwxrwxrwx   1 0	 other	       17 Jun 22 08:33 vmd -> ../../Minix-386vm
ftp> cd 1.7.0
ftp> ls
drwxr-xr-x   5 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	     2450 May 22 13:33 README
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	     2555 May 22 12:20 README.html
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	   395754 May 17 11:55 cat.tar.Z
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	     4026 Feb 25  1995 crc.c
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	      616 May 30 09:36 crclist
drwxr-xr-x   2 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 i386
drwxr-xr-x   2 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:32 i86
-rw-r--r--   1 kjb	 staff	   408363 May 30 08:53 man.tar.Z
drwxr-xr-x   2 kjb	 staff	      512 Jun 22 08:33 src
ftp>

Will
cwr@crash.cts.com

