Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ogicse!plains!overby From: overby@plains.UUCP (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Changes to the Minix Information Sheet Summary: Everything you ever wanted to know about Minix on the networks, but never dared to ask! Keywords: info answers Message-ID: Date: 2 Aug 90 04:07:21 GMT Expires: 1 Sep 90 00:00:00 GMT Reply-To: overby@plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby) Followup-To: comp.os.minix Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo ND, USA Lines: 200 This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the comp.os.minix group, and the version posted last month. It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes without having to read the entire document. *** Info_Sheet_Old Sun Jul 1 00:06:41 1990 --- Info_Sheet Wed Aug 1 23:05:02 1990 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! [Most recent change: 30 Jun 1990 by overby@Plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby)] [Original From ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum ) 88/02/23] MINIX INFORMATION SHEET --- 1,4 ---- ! [Most recent change: 1 Aug 1990 by overby@Plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby)] [Original From ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum ) 88/02/23] MINIX INFORMATION SHEET *************** *** 28,40 **** ISBN: 0-13-637406-9 (Hardcover) 0-13-637331-3 (Paperback, outside of U.S. and Canada) ! There are also French and Spanish translations of the book available, and a ! German version is due out soon. The paperback MINIX Reference Manual is a ! subset of the book; It contains only the MINIX specific information, not ! the general background stuff on operating systems that the book contains. ! The software package does not contain a manual; this is contained in the ! appendices to the book, which also contain a complete source code listing ! (in C) of the version 1.1 MINIX kernel. 3. HOW CAN I GET MINIX? MINIX is being sold by: --- 28,40 ---- ISBN: 0-13-637406-9 (Hardcover) 0-13-637331-3 (Paperback, outside of U.S. and Canada) ! There are also French, German, Italian and Spanish translations of the book ! available or due out soon. The paperback MINIX Reference Manual is a sub- ! set of the book; It contains only the MINIX specific information, not the ! general background stuff on operating systems that the book contains. The ! software package does not contain a manual; this is contained in the appen- ! dices to the book, which also contain a complete source code listing (in C) ! of the version 1.1 MINIX kernel. 3. HOW CAN I GET MINIX? MINIX is being sold by: *************** *** 62,73 **** D3406 Bovenden 1 FRG ! In Holland: Softtools International B.V. ! Microweg 22 ! 6645 CM Nijmegen ! (080) 714714 Holland In Scandinavia: Frank O'Donell P.O. Box 88 1371 Asker --- 62,82 ---- D3406 Bovenden 1 FRG ! In Holland: ! Prentice-Hall Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and ! p/a Fred van Kempen France) ! Postbus 184 ! 2100 AD Heemtede Holland + Tel.: (+31) (0) 23 287935 + Fax.: (+31) (0) 23 294229 + MicroWalt Corporation + Hoefbladhof 27 + 2215 DV Voorhout + Holland + Tel.: (+31) (0) 252 230 205 + In Scandinavia: Frank O'Donell P.O. Box 88 1371 Asker *************** *** 125,135 **** 4. WHAT CPUS DOES MINIX RUN ON? MINIX was originally written for the IBM PC, XT, and AT. It has since been ! ported to the NS 16032 and the 68000. It will also work on many 386-based ! machines. A list of clones on which MINIX has been tested is available in ! the "Minix Compatibility Report" (see plains.nodak.edu and other archive ! sites for a copy). It is thought that 1.3 runs on everything that ran 1.2, ! and more. 5. IS MINIX PUBLIC DOMAIN? No. MINIX has been copyrighted by Prentice-Hall. Prentice-Hall has decid- --- 134,144 ---- 4. WHAT CPUS DOES MINIX RUN ON? MINIX was originally written for the IBM PC, XT, and AT. It has since been ! ported to the NS 16032, 68000 and SPARC. As of Version 1.5.x, it will run ! in protected mode on 80286 and greater processors. A list of clones on ! which MINIX has been tested is available in the "Minix Compatibility Re- ! port" (see plains.nodak.edu and other archive sites for a copy). It is ! thought that 1.3 runs on everything that ran 1.2, and more. 5. IS MINIX PUBLIC DOMAIN? No. MINIX has been copyrighted by Prentice-Hall. Prentice-Hall has decid- *************** *** 139,145 **** mental machines, and things like that. A small amount of private copying of diskettes for the use of personal friends is ok, but please do not make more than 3 copies from each original. Prentice-Hall is trying to be more ! reasonable than most software publishers. Please do not abuse this. On- line repositories of the full source code distribution are not permitted. All commercial uses of MINIX require written permission from Prentice-Hall; for the most part, they are willing to grant such permission in return for --- 148,154 ---- mental machines, and things like that. A small amount of private copying of diskettes for the use of personal friends is ok, but please do not make more than 3 copies from each original. Prentice-Hall is trying to be more ! reasonable than most software publishers. Please do not abuse this. On- line repositories of the full source code distribution are not permitted. All commercial uses of MINIX require written permission from Prentice-Hall; for the most part, they are willing to grant such permission in return for *************** *** 175,192 **** request@udel.edu 8. HOW MANY VERSIONS OF MINIX ARE THERE AND HOW DO THEY DIFFER? ! At present there are three versions for the IBM PC line: 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. ! The IBM V1.3 contains many bug fixes and other improvements over 1.1 and ! 1.2. In particular, although V1.1 works fine with genuine IBM PCs, it gives trouble on some clones, especially hard disk problems. In this respect V1.2 is much better. V1.3 has further enhancements over 1.2, in- ! cluding networking and RS232 support. Both V1.1 and V1.2 are obsolete and ! are no longer available from Prentice-Hall. ! ! The current development version is the 1.5.x series, with Version 1.5.10 ! being the most recent version to be released to the network, but it is not ! available from Prentice-Hall. See the archive sites and watch the news- ! group for this ongoing development. There is one version for the Atari ST line, V1.1 which is equivalent to PC-Minix V1.3. --- 184,198 ---- request@udel.edu 8. HOW MANY VERSIONS OF MINIX ARE THERE AND HOW DO THEY DIFFER? ! At present there are four versions for the IBM PC line: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and ! 1.5. The IBM V1.3 contains many bug fixes and other improvements over 1.1 ! and 1.2. In particular, although V1.1 works fine with genuine IBM PCs, it gives trouble on some clones, especially hard disk problems. In this respect V1.2 is much better. V1.3 has further enhancements over 1.2, in- ! cluding networking and RS232 support. V1.5 runs in Protected mode on 80286 ! and 80386 processors, and includes other enhancements over v1.3. There is ! no V1.4. Both V1.1 and V1.2 are obsolete and are no longer available from ! Prentice-Hall. Version 1.5 is not yet available. There is one version for the Atari ST line, V1.1 which is equivalent to PC-Minix V1.3. *************** *** 594,612 **** 10. WHAT PC CLONES HAS MINIX BEEN TESTED ON? There is a long list of computers which have been verified to work with ! Minix. It is posted monthly, along with this Information Sheet and is ! available from several archive sites (specific instructions on obtaining ! this report is in the section on plains.nodak.edu). ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! --- 600,612 ---- 10. WHAT PC CLONES HAS MINIX BEEN TESTED ON? There is a long list of computers which have been verified to work with ! Minix. It is posted monthly by it's maintainer, Craig McLaughlin, and is ! also available from several archive sites (specific instructions on obtain- ! ing this report is are the section on plains.nodak.edu). + If you have Minix working on a machine which is not listed in the compata- + bility list, please report it to Craig McLaughlin, + -- Glen Overby uunet!plains!overby (UUCP) overby@plains (Bitnet)