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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 13:20:24 +0300
From: TM <muhamed@t2.hwg.edu.ee>
To: Lew Pitcher <pitchl@tdbank.ca>
Subject: Re: Simple OS from scratch
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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Sep 1998 09:35:46 -0600, "T. Marshall" <tlmarshall@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >Will Rose wrote:
> >> Chris Burgess (news@uknet.demon.co.uk)  wrote:
> >> : For a small (or possibly large :-)  project I want to make a very
> >simple os for a
> >   <snip>
> >> Get hold of a copy of Tanebaum's book "Operting Systems, Design and
> >> Implementation", which has a CDROM of Minix 2.0 in it.  It's easier
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >This is indeed an interesting "little" project.  Unfortunately,
> >according to Computer Literacy
> > http://www.clbooks.com/  this book is now out of print.  Perhaps
> Andy Tanenbaum would be interested in hearing this. The 2nd edition was only
> published earlier this year IIRC.
> 
> >someone knows of a current source?
> >
> >In the meantime, full (AFAIK) source code for Minix can be found at
> >several sites on the web.
> >Among them:   http://wave.eecs.wsu.edu/minix .
> >
> >T M
> >

Are there other books out there, what could also help?
i'd like the  e-texts, they're free and easy to transport :)

