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From: MCKINNEY@uthscsa.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: BSD port to PC
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Date: 26 Feb 91 21:03:08 GMT
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- Mike Almquist (almquist@cis.udel.edu) 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.

The January 1991 (#172) issue of Dr. Dobbs Journal has an article on 
this very subject. It is entitled "Porting UNIX to the 386: A practical 
approach". The author is William Frederick Jolitz. The author suggests 
that "those of you who can meet University of California requirements 
should obtain a copy of 386BSD from the University of California". No 
mention is given of what those requirements are. I have contacted 
Jolitz but have not yet received a reply. The article lists his address as 
"william@berkeley.edu" or "uunet!william". I would be interested if 
anyone else knows anymore about this.

Jim McKinney (mckinney@uthscsa.edu)