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From: halkoD@batman.moravian.EDU (David Halko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: What 68000 systems run unix?
Summary: minix?? Naaw...
Message-ID: <2536@batman.moravian.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 91 08:07:08 GMT
References: <11255@helios.TAMU.EDU> <853@TALOS.UUCP>
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In article <853@TALOS.UUCP>, jerry@TALOS.UUCP (Jerry Gitomer) writes:
> n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) writes:
> 
> 
> :I know it's a BROAD question, but let me explain a little.
> 
> :I'd like to know which "small" 68000 computers run unix.  Maybe
> :some kit 68k machines?  I know of 3b1's, suns (?).
> 
> :I'm looking for a cheap unix 68000 box.  Cheap meaning <<$1500, maybe <$1000.
> 
> :Thanks for any inside poop.
> :             +----------------------+------------------------+
> :             | Brent Burton         | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu |
> :             | Texas A&M University | brentb@nuchat.UUCP     |
> :             +----------------------+------------------------+
> 
> 	If you are looking for something that -- to an
> 	applications programmer or user -- looks like UNIX I
> 	suggest that you look at MINIX.  Available from
> 	Prentice-Hall for $169.00 its internals are
> 	different from any known version of UNIX, but
> 	externally it looks like V7.  For the $169.00 you
> 	get the OS, "C" compiler, 175 utilities and
> 	functions *AND* you get (gasp) SOURCE CODE (gasp)
> 	for everything but the compiler and the EMACS
> 	look-a-like (you do get source for the vi
> 	look-a-like though).  
> 
> 	Oh yes, you need an Atari-ST with 1 meg of ram and
> 	at least one floppy to run and should have 2 floppys
> 	and 2+ meg of ram if you would like to run Gnu's
> 	gcc.  (Also available for the Amiga, but I don't
> 	know the configuration requirements.)
> 
> 	Hope this answers your questions.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jerry Gitomer at National Political Resources Inc, Alexandria, VA USA
> I am apolitical, have no resources, and speak only for myself.
> Ma Bell (703)683-9090      (UUCP:  ...{uupsi,vrdxhq}!pbs!npri6!jerry 

You forget to tell the poor people out there who you may hook how buggy it is,
never mind terrible multitasking and multiuser operations you get out of
MINIX...for the Amiga, har drives are not supported... never mind the 
floppies get trashed usually about once a week... then the PC Version, oh
man, talk about an OS which should have been thrown to the dogs!

Minix is more of an OS to learn about to write a better OS... sort of see
the original authors mistakes... I remember talking to someone about it
(who has an ST)... the only conclusion we could come to is that OS9 for
the ST was a much better deal for any real multitasking/multiuser UNIX
like operating system... besides, it does not cost much more....

						David J. Halko