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From: reyn@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix beginner questions
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Date: 11 Sep 89 14:07:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!reyn    Sep 11 09:07:00 1989


I have just received my 1.3 minix for the AT from P.H. and must confess
that I've been to busy to do much more than boot minix on a true blue IBM
PC AT at work.  I'd like to thank Andy for the user friendly documentation,
I feel confident that I'll be able to port minix to my Tandy 4000SX with
what's there and the numerous machines I have access to at work.

My problem is due to my Tandy 4000 having a 1.44 3 1/2" drive as its only
floppy, and no matter how I folded the boot disks from P.H., they just
won't fit into the drive!!! :-)   It would probably be a nice option if the
package was available on 3 1/2" --- and by the way ... will I need a custon
floppy disk drive to use my 3 1/2" drive?

Also, has anybody got a hard disk driver for an IDE hard disk interface, or
do they know if the distributed driver will work with the IDE hardware?

Finally, my 1.3 came with a return card which has a check space for
"receiving all minix upgrades for $29.95".  Is this refering to version 1.4
or what?

Thanks in advance ...
				    John Reynolds