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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Amoeba ... come again (was: Re: Minix UUCP equivalent needed)
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Date: 8 Oct 90 23:04:31 GMT
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In article <1106@syacus.acus.oz> william@syacus.acus.oz (William Mason) writes:
>Can some kind soul enlighten the endarkened ?  Is "Amoeba" an alternative
>to MINIX ?  What are the points of difference ?  

Amoeba is a distributed system.  Minimum recommended configuration is 3 Suns,
one of which needs 16M of memory and a 300M disk.  Better yet is 30 Suns.
In this respect, MINIX and Amoeba are somewhat different.

A typical Amoeba application is transmitting real time video over a LAN.
It is intended as a more industrial-strength system for heavy users.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)