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From: hans@nlgvax.UUCP (Hans Zuidam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Minix for the Amiga...vaporware
Message-ID: <267@nlgvax.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 89 07:49:32 GMT
References: <1610@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> <12212@s.ms.uky.edu> <175@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu> <116494@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
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>In article <12212@s.ms.uky.edu>, david@ms.uky.edu (Dan Chaney) writes:
>> I personally don't see any need for Minix on an amiga

>In article <175@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu> (Darrell Schiebel) flames back:
>>Obviously You See No Worth in Education.  ...

cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
>One of the particularly nice things about the Amiga is that, for the most
>part, it can be replaced in pieces from the ground up. This is primarily
>due to the original developers who were scrupulously careful to call all
>libraries through their entry points rather than back doors in the ROM.

How true. This is indeed probably why there still isn't a Minix
implementation on the Amiga. It is also worth noticing that (almost)
every discussion about Minix on the Amiga boils down to the advantages
of having an MMU on the Amiga (no, I don't want to start such a
discussion again please ;-) ).
						Hans
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