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From: aswNS@hamp.hampshire.edu (Albert S Woodhull)
Subject: Re: minix on 360k 5.25 for 8086
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Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 23:39:02 GMT
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On 2 Nov 1995 18:26:52 GMT Francisco A. Garcia (fagarcia@bsu-cs) wrote
in comp.os.minix:

> Now, lets say I were willing to spend the 170$ to get minix for my old yet
> endeering PC.  do they sell it on 5.25 360k disk format?

As far as I know there is only one format for P-H's 1.5.10 distribution,
and that is on 3.5" 720K disks. The previous version, 1.3 (1.4 was a patch
version), was sold on 360K disks, but I wouldn't try that unless someone
gives it to you for free. For that matter, I wouldn't bother paying for
1.5 with 1.7 available for free. At least, I would give it a try.

> PS. where is 1.7.0? its still free ya?

It is and will remain so, I believe. Some more info is about to be
posted from Amsterdam.

By the way, 1.7.1 is available. It is on ftp.cs.vu.nl in /pub/minix.

Albert S. Woodhull, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu


