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Subject: Re:  requested clarification of minix issues
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Date: 13 Jun 90 02:47:05 GMT
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Bruce:
I'd like to put my 2c in on this discussion:

> In response to Jordan's questions, here is my current thinking on
> distributing Minix for the pc532.  I would appreciate your comments.
...
> After someone proves they have a legal copy of Minix by mailing
> me their official Minix boot disk with the Prentice-Hall copyright
> on it, I would return the disk and e-mail the above files to the
> individual.  (Is e-mail secure enough for this?  I would be sending

OK, seems silly ...

> plain-text copyrighted sources.)  The above files could be divided
> into 7 pieces of less than 64K bytes each (is that the e-mail
> limit?) for e-mailing.  I really would like to avoid copying floppies
> and mailing them by conventional mail.

Then we have to download these files, then how do they get onto the
scsi disk?  OK.

> The files I have already mentioned do not include cc, as, ld, ar,
> ranlib, etc.  However, these can be legally distributed by putting
> the binaries on the BU.EDU archive.  Naturally, special arrangements
> will have to be made for those without access to the archive.

Please remember to do this, as I am in that group.  Now I understand we
are using gcc and your assembler/linker/archiver?

> The files I have now mentioned, in addition to a standard Minix
> distribution, are sufficient to build the whole works.  The
> particular Minix version should not be too critical.  I will

I have 1.2.

> I am aware that getting the latest Minix version is a real pain.
> However, it is a problem I do not intend to solve.  I think you

I don't expect anyone can solve that problem except Prentice-Hall, and it
appears that they are aware of it.

All sounds very good.  Minix 1.3 for PC is available at Walden Books for
I think $79.