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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/KT)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Macintosh Minix: release date info, and a query
Message-ID: <1990Aug18.164821.26269@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 18 Aug 90 16:48:21 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.164258.2806@nixtdc.uucp>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/KT)
Followup-To: comp.os.minix
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
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I'll try to answer what I can --- but keep in mind that I'm working from a
vague memory of an old posting, so *nothing* is guaranteed.  People who truly
know are invited to correct me and provide more information.

As quoted from <1990Aug17.164258.2806@nixtdc.uucp> by doug@nixtdc.uucp (Doug Moen):
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| 1. Does Mac Minix (a) use its own file system, or (b) use
|    the Macintosh file system?
+---------------

I believe it uses its own, but has tools to access the MacOS file system.

+---------------
| 2. If Mac Minix uses it own file system, then is there any software
|    that lets me mount a Mac-formatted file system in the Minix universe,
|    or a Minix-formatted file system in the Mac universe?
+---------------

Not perhaps mount, but probably something similar to the utilities for
manipulating native files in the 80x86 and Amiga versions.

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| 3. Does Mac Minix follow the Mac convention of using character 13 as
|    the newline character, or does it follow the unix convention of using
|    character 10 as newline?  This tells me whether Mac and Minix text
|    files are compatible, or whether I need to use a conversion utility.
+---------------

It uses newline = 0x0A, but I believe the file manipulation utilities provide
a conversion utility.

+---------------
| 4. Is it possible for Mac Minix and Multifinder to run at the same time?
+---------------

Yes, MacMinix is supposed to be a MultiFinder-aware application.

Again, anyone who knows for certain should feel free to correct me.

++Brandon
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