Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!vax7!sschnellm From: sschnellm@cc.curtin.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: MacMINIX is now available Message-ID: <4207.272811dc@cc.curtin.edu.au> Date: 26 Oct 90 02:37:16 GMT References: <8041@star.cs.vu.nl> <1687@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> Organization: Curtin University of Technology Lines: 15 In article <1687@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>, sam@chook.ua.oz (Sam Sangster) writes: > From article <8041@star.cs.vu.nl>, by ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum): >> >> This is probably a bit dated since people have already reported receiving >> MINIX for the Macintosh, but it is now officially in stock at PH and shipping. >> >> it to avoid having people calling PH before they were ready. > > Except that in Australia we have to wait 'till January 1991, and pay about > $300 Australian (equivalent of ~$400 US) ... any comments why the extra cost? How do you get $300 (Australian) to be the equivalent of $400 (US) ? And where exactly are we going to get MacMINIX from ? Directly from PH in Sydney ???