Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!xanth!xanth.cs.odu.edu!scott From: scott@cs.odu.edu (Scott Yelich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Minix info request Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 90 16:52:40 GMT References: <2044@dali> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Lines: 62 In-reply-to: icsu8053@caesar.cs.montana.edu's message of 5 Jun 90 01:14:05 GMT >I'm interested in buying minix this summer but I have a few questions: I was too. So I bought it. $80.00 > - How well does it work in about 10MB of disk space? Apparently, it will fit with no problem. Of course, there are such concerns as now much ram your computer has and how heavily you are going to use Minix. > - Can you read ST disks? Sure. > - How well does it interface with a modem, printer and mouse? You will have to find/write device drivers. > - How much modification do Unix sources need to compile with gcc under > Minix? Got me. gcc takes more ram that I have (I have a 1040st with a meg...) I would assume that certain programs (comp.unix.sources) would compile without too many modifications at all. Again, I don't have the ram for gcc. > - What kind of shell(s) can you use? I like sh.... but I have other ptoblems with minix-- see bottom. > - How well does the remote logon operate off the rs232 port? I wish I knew, but from what I hear, you can get remote logins via the rs232 and the midi port. > - How happy are you with the package? As of yet, not very happy at all. > - How much does it cost? $80 > - Where can I get it? Prentice Hall? Here is why I posted this: I sent in my $80.00 and I received ST Minix 1.1. Version 1.1 is ok, but I started reading comp.os.minix and I soon found out that it wasn't the latest version. Not only that, but by the time I read an article in comp.os.minix, a new version had come out. This has repeated until now, I think... the current version is something like 1.5.10. Of course, there is no standard method of upgrading and from what I can gather, there is no one place where you can pick up any upgrades for say, from version 1.1 to 1.5.10. So, you can order your Minix now and you will probably get an old version. I thought I heard talk of a new release 2.0 (or was it 2.1?) for later this year. I sure hope Prentice Hall will accept the old disks back as part of some sort of upgrade because I have not spent the time to mess with 1.1 since the newer versions appear to be sufficiently enhanced to the point where the old version would not be worth the effort to maintain it. :( ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott D. Yelich scott@[xanth.]cs.odu.edu [128.82.8.1] After he pushed me off the cliff, he asked me, as I fell, ``Why'd you jump?'' Administrator of: Game design requests to -----------------------------------------------------------------------------