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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
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Subject: Re: PC MINIX ==> MINIX/386SX
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Date: 8 May 90 08:26:19 GMT
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While I think it would be a good idea to produce a version of Minix that
can take advantage of the increased capabilities of the '386, I also
think that it is important to continue support for the '88, '86, and
'286.  The original idea was to produce an operating system that
students can play with, and learn from.  Many students aren't rich
enough to have a '386 platform.

Another note:  I'm not far enough along in the upgrade process to make
any meaningful comments about how to do it, but I would like to see
support for the 'x87 math co-processors.  Perhaps I will write it and
post it if it hasn't already been done.  I envision that a flag can be
set if 'x87 co-processor support is desired, during compilation.  The
naive user shouldn't be any the wiser, and the co-processor should be
used if it is there (and the operating system knows about it.)

Ken Hendrickson N8DGN/6      kjh@usc.edu      ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh