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From: pickert@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Mac Minox
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Date: 12 Oct 89 18:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!pickert    Oct 12 13:28:00 1989




I am the person (or at least a person) who has ported minix
to the Macintosh.  What follows is a few facts about it to those 
of you who might have an interest.

It has been running for some time (over a year). I have several
beta copies out, mostly to friends.  It will run on the entire
line of macintosh's except those with less than a meg of memory.
It also requires a hard disk and I doubt I will ever expend the
effort required to run it on a floppy only system. Currently, I
am using the 1.3 system, with all tools.

The tty stuff uses the Apple windowing scheme, with each "tty" in its
own window.  Each tty "window" can be scrolled, and you can cut & paste
text in and between windows.  You can also do other "standard" Mac 
windowing stuff such as hide windows, change their size, move them,
change their font, etc.

It runs as "just another" Macintosh application under the Mac OS.
It runs under multifinder and is multifinder "friendly."  I have 
in fact had two copies up and running simultaneously on the 
same macintosh.  Tools exist to get things between the mac file
system and the minix file system.

In answer to the original question, The author (me) does not 
provide support, nor will he ever unless Prentice Hall agrees
to license it to me for resale (which currently looks very,
very doubtful, since they have already refused to consider it)
or they decide to sell it themselves (expressed some interest,
but nothing more). Too bad, too, cause I have had a lot of fun
with it.

Please post any questions to this notesfile, if you have them,
and I will respond.

Joe Pickert
pickert@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu