Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!bungi.com!news From: FELLOWS@UNB.CA Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: Minix runs Message-ID: Date: 29 May 90 17:17:05 GMT Article-I.D.: UNB.ID1706.D900529.T141706.FELLOWS Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 19 Approved: news@daver.bungi.com On Mon, 28 May 90 18:37:38 EDT Bruce Culbertson writes: > I am typing this note on a pc532 running Minix! (I will mail it Great! Stuff deleted > strong point. The latest version, 1.5, is supposed to have faster > I/O but I am running 1.3 currently. I have not yet investigated what > it will take to upgrade to 1.5. > It seems that it will be difficult to get a legal base copy of Minix 1.3 at this late date. I had pretty well decided to wait until 1.5.x is published before getting a copy. Point to ponder. Is porting from the Atari version of 1.5 going to be easier or harder than from the PC version? That is, are "endian" problems better or worse than "segments"problems? Dave Fellows