Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: Vincent Archer Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: A few questions about ST-Minix Message-ID: <24314@nigel.udel.EDU> Date: 12 Jul 90 07:11:34 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.EDU Lines: 27 Tom Arseneault asks: >Hello, I would like to ask a few questions about ST-Minix. First off I >know about PC-Minix, just how is ST-Minix different and how is it >alike? Does it support file of any size or are there limits like >PC-Minix (I would not think so with the 68000's flat memory map)? What >types of drives does it support, my ST has a SCSI adapter on it can I >hook any size drive up to it? Is it a Gem application or does it take >over the whole machine? And lastly but most importantly how do I get >my hands on a upto date (1.5 or better) copy? ST-Minix is identical to the PC version except that: * You do not have to worry about 64K I & D space! * The compiler stuff is better! but: * You have less hardware support... * You do not have networking (yet)... If your hard drive can be accessed using a driver that accepts Atari drives, it should work. As for the up-to-date copy, buy 1.1 and apply the patches, or wait 2 month and order it from P-H. Vincent Vincent Archer | Email:archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com "People that are good at finding excuses are never good at anything else"