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From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: BSD for a 386 PC?
Keywords: anyone know? its gotta be da shoes.
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Date: 27 Feb 91 02:48:39 GMT
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almquist@cis.udel.edu (Squish) writes:

>I've been playing with Minix for a while and am currently hacking out some
>perhaps useful code.  I was talking to a friend of mine recently and I said,
>"All that BSD PD code shouldn't go to waste - its a shame."  And his response
>was, "Well, I remeber a year or two ago someone ported the BSD code to a 386".
>Anyone know of this project?  Anyone know where I might be able to get a looky
>at this beast?  Is it just rumor - anyone else hear about it?  Some going ons
>in the BSD port may prove useful to fellow Minix users.  Any info would be
>greatly appreciated.

  If you're interested, Dr. Dobb's Journal just completed a 3 part article
covering BSD ports to 386. January through March 1991 are the issues. Might
take a look at that to start.

-e.b.

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