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From: wbeebe@vicstoy.UUCP (William Beebe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix on DEC Rainbow ?
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.002547.1792@vicstoy.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 90 00:25:47 GMT
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In article <38575@nigel.ee.udel.edu> tim%maths.tcd.ie@pucc.princeton.edu (Timothy Murphy) writes:
>I wonder if anyone has ported MINIX (preferaby v1.5)
>to the DEC Rainbow?
>Any information gratefully received.

The Dec Rainbow is probably the most non-standard DOS machine you will find.
The floppy controller is not even controlled by the 8088, but by the Z80 Dec
decided to install so it could run 8-bit CP/M, and thus, all the Robin
software. Further, the diskettes require single sided 80-track MFM formatting.
Thus, you get 360K on a single-sided floppy. I'm sorry if the Rainbow is
the only machine you've got, but I would suggest you try to find a standard
8088 PClone or higher if you can.