Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
From: David Kotschessa <itzdavey@shellyeah.org>
Subject: Where to start?
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0003040307420.24089-100000@zippy.shellyeah.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Lines: 24
NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.186.45.25
X-Trace: tw11.nn.bcandid.com 952157644 140.186.45.25 (Sat, 04 Mar 2000 01:14:04 MST)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 01:14:04 MST
Organization: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http://bCandid.com
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 08:14:06 GMT
Path: news.adfa.oz.au!clarion.carno.net.au!news0.optus.net.au!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.ecn.ou.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!netnews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!206.132.58.120!gw22.nn.bcandid.com!hub12.nn.bcandid.com!tw11.nn.bcandid.com.POSTED!zippy.shellyeah.org!itzdavey
Xref: news.adfa.oz.au comp.os.minix:34804


This is not a FAQ, but nonetheless a very obviously uneducated question.  

This is just as much of a unix quetsion as a Minix question, but I'm
starting here because  I'll be working with Minix.  

I've installed Minix on a cute little 286 laptop that I bought for
$10.  (Power cord cost $15).  My main reason for this was for educational
purposes, and I'm doing as much learning as I can.  (Just the install
procedure taught me quite a bit).  Plus, I just think it's cool to have
this little Unix like thingy of my own!

You don't have to answer my question in detail unless you feel like it,
which of course is welcome.  Here's ALL I want to do:  Connect to my ISP
via the 2400 baud internal modem that's installed on the laptop, and get
my mail.  That's it!  That's all I want to do.  But for me this is a
tremendous undertaking.  I just need the major steps and I'll try to break
them down myself.  I'm quite capable of reading man pages and doing
research, I just need to know WHICH ones to read and where to start.

Thanks!

-Dave

