Xref: utzoo comp.os.minix:12286 comp.sys.amiga:65818 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!goanna!minyos!monu6!edp367s From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New MINIX available (UNIX clone with full source code) Message-ID: <1990Sep11.073655.6259@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 11 Sep 90 07:36:55 GMT References: <7485@star.cs.vu.nl> Organization: Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melb., Australia Lines: 66 ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > - Amiga: Commodore Amiga 500 or 2000 with at least 1M of RAM. One 720K > diskette drive is sufficient. Does this mean that it doesn't work with the 1000, or that it hasn't been tested on the 1000, or that no-one really knows, so we just leave it out and hope no-one notices :) ? >8. MINIX BOOK >Paperback versions are also available in English (outside North America only), >French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. The books can be ordered from any >bookstore. Does that mean that the North American version is only hardcover? Books are expensive enough already. >9. HOW TO ORDER MINIX 1.5 >Sales tax and shipping are extra; Prices are slightly higher outside the U.S. > Alternatively, you >can order directly by email, FAX, phone, or mail from Prentice-Hall as follows. >In North America and the Far East > To order by email: books@prenhall.com >In UK/Europe > To order by email: books@prenhall.com What about Australia? Will they accept an email order from Australia? or FAX/phone? >For email and FAX orders, please include the product name and number, your >name and address, and your MasterCard or VISA card number and expiration date. >If you wish delivery by Federal Express (costs extra), please indicate so. > If you have previously purchased MINIX from Prentice-Hall, you can get >a discount of $60, but only if you order by mail and include the label from >the original PH boot disk (or the entire disk) with your letter. Not valid for >email, phone or FAX orders since you must enclose the original boot disk label >(not a photocopy). What if the version purchased was different to the one you want to buy now? eg. If you bought the atari st version earlier, and now want the amiga version? If you can answer one or more of the questions, please post or e-mail, no preference. rik. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rik Harris - Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield Campus (was Chisholm Institute), Australia edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au <-- what the computer says it is edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.oz[.au] <-- SEEMS to work more reliably Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rik Harris - Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield Campus (was Chisholm Institute), Australia edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au <-- what the computer says it is