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From: ward@sneezy.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Ward)
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Subject: Re: New MINIX available (UNIX clone with full source code)
Summary: Yes and no.
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Date: 20 Sep 90 14:59:53 GMT
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I would say that anything that has a limitation such as only running programs
as big as 128 Kbytes (64 Kbytes data, 64 KBytes instruction) is not a serious
alternative whether you want to call it a "unix clone" or not. Therefore
MINIX on the IBM-PC (non 80x86, x<3) is not a serious alternative. Ten years
ago, maybe. However, it seems to me that MINIX on an ST, Amiga, or Mac is
pretty serious.

Mike
ward@sneezy.cs.wisc.edu