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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MacMINIX
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Date: 7 Jun 90 21:06:54 GMT
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In article <1470@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> lennox@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Craig Scott Lennox) writes:
>Now, I don't mean to seem insulting, but if MacMINIX isn't a native
>operating system, then what exactly is it?  And what good is it?
It is almost normal MINIX, including the regular FS and MM, except that
in the kernel, the disk driver doesn't set bits in some device register
to start the disk, it calls a BIOS routine to read a file SimulatedDisk
or some such.  Thus it is not THAT different from normal MINIX, except
for the low level stuff, like I/O, interrupts etc. 

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)