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From: KHATUKA%ROSEVC.Rose-Hulman.Edu@uicvm.uic.edu (Aditya Khatuka)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Novice questions on 1.5
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Date: 19 Oct 90 18:39:23 GMT
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Hi,
        Does the Minix 1.5 mailed out by the Prentice-Hall have any of the 386
kernel stuff floating around on the net ?
        The Prentice-Hall advertisment in the Unix world (October 1990) talks
these addational features of Minix 1.5.:
                * Uses protected mode on 286/386 (except PS/2)
                * Supports upto 16M memory (286/386).
                * Upto 3 simultaneous users on one machine
                * RS132 support (Kermit, zmodem, etc)
                * Distribuled computing on ethernet (Remote login etc)
My question is what are the things we are not getting from PH that one can get f
   rom the net
net.
        Finally, What are the additional features (compared to standard Minix)
in Bruce's 386-Minix. In terms of MM, multi-tasking or anyother advantages that
one can have due to the hardware design of 80386.