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From: laverman@cs.rug.nl (Bert Laverman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re:  AmigaMINIX developments?
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Date: 3 Jan 91 08:46:45 GMT
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I know I'm not an AmigaMinix user, but I had to get this off my chest:

> d) Hard disk drivers. I know that several are being worked on. Which
> ones are being done? How are they coming along? If anyone is working on
> a GVP Series II driver, I'd be glad to help any way I can (testing,
> programming, etc).
Hear, Hear! at last an Amiga user who doesn't just complain about the lack
of Harddrive support, but also offers to do something! If AmigaMinix ever
manages to crawl up from it's current starting problems, it's with THIS kind
of users.

> e) 680x0 compatibility. I should hope that this is being worked on. When I
> disable my '020 I also loose my expansion memory (32-bit memory on the
> '020 card). Is anybody working on this? How is it coming along? Again,
> I'd be glad to help out.
This is a more general project. I've heard about several groups working on it.
It would also be nice for Minix-ST, since the new TT is out (32MHz 68030,
lots of memory, SCSI drive  in basic model plus port for extensions, etc.)

> ...
> Minix is something that I have wanted on the Amiga for quite a while (I
> considered doing a port myself a couple of years back). It is currently
> useless though.
This was a problem with the early releases of ALL Minix versions, but for
Intel machines, STs and Macs there are makers as well as users.

>                 I hope that these initial problems can be overcome,
> because it really is nice.
It gets better the longer you look at it ;-)

> Anyway, Happy new year!
Same to you.

Bert Laverman

bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org -or laverman@cs.rug.nl