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From: Ritzert%DMZRZU71.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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Subject: minix 1.5 question
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Date: 21 Jul 90 10:10:05 GMT
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I'm rather new in this group and run plain minix st 1.1. Could someone
please sum up the differences between this old version and the most
recent version (1.5.10 i think)? Are there new features such as having
support of an scsi drive with 4 partions of 45 MB each (Supra extended
format). With the old version only 32 MB are supported, and lots of
strange problems mounting additional file systems appear. Faster file
system? Faster screen io? More elaborate sceduling algorithms, eventually
priority sceduling? Support of other floppy sizes than 360 k / 720 k ?
My floppy supports at least and without any problems T:82 S:10, even
with no name disks. And being able to use ~90 tracks on such a floppy is
really interesting for backup purposes. Support of the 68881 ? Overscan
support? POSIX compatibility?

Thanks in advance
Michael Ritzert
ritzert@dfg.dbp.de