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From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Minix on the Amiga 1000
Summary: It works!
Keywords: amiga minix hard-drive 1000
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.122451.4412@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 10 Dec 90 12:24:51 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
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For anyone who was wondering whether or not to get Amiga Minix because
they weren't sure if it worked on a 1000:  It works.

I have had very few problems with running it on my 1000, but
admittedly, I have not tried too much yet.

I have only 1 floppy, which makes life rather slow when doing anything
like compiling, so I am really waiting for someone to put some work
into hard-drive drivers.

Does anyone know if a SCSI driver will work for all SCSI interfaces
(or will they be different for every one)?  As far as I can tell, they
should be the same, except the memory mapped registers may be in
different places.
What I guess I am getting at is:  will there be a zillion different
drivers for hard-drives/interface combinations, or will there be a
fairly generic base that can be customised.

If I learn anything significant about drivers (ie if I have time to
disassemble the AmigaDOS drivers) I will let people know.


Oh, and Atari ST Minix binaries definitely do work fine on the Amiga.
I tried a new version of elvis that was compiled on my friend's ST,
and it worked perfectly.  So, start scouring those atari minix
archives...


Rik.

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