Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:3013 comp.unix.misc:895 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!vince@cvs.rochester.edu From: vince@cvs.rochester.edu (Vincent Ferrera) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.unix.misc Subject: MINIX for Mac Message-ID: <12001@ur-cc.UUCP> Date: 1 Feb 91 18:45:45 GMT Sender: news@uhura.cc.rochester.edu Distribution: na Organization: Center for Visual Science, U. of Rochester Lines: 12 Has anyone heard of or, better yet, used this supposedly UNIX-like operating system for the Mac? Does it have any advantages over the standard Mac OS for things like real-time programming or directly accessing hardware? Does it allow you to make calls to Quickdraw or other toolbox functions? How hard would it be to convert a THINK C program which makes heavy use of the Mac OS utilities to run under MINIX? Just asking, vince