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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Port of MINIX to Unix-PC
Keywords: AT&T-Unix/PC, 3B1, 7300
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Date: 15 Mar 91 19:21:36 GMT
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In article <5409@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> ac999321@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (ac999321) writes:
> Just curious; why would you want to port Minix to this system when you
> already have a better version of Unix running on it?

That was my reaction to the idea of a native port of MINIX to the Amiga.

I can think of a few reasons: source availability, support woes, hack value.
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