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From: KENC@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Ken Corey, CSCI Major...)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MACMINIX
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Date: 26 Mar 91 04:51:08 GMT
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>1. I have a MacPlus with a 40mb disk and 1mb mem. (I would be willing to
>upgrade to 2.5mb if necessary). Will MINIX run with some resonable amount of
>performance on the configuration???
When you say performance, I'm assuming you mean raw processing power.  It works
reasonably well, but it can't hold a candle to say...a sparc station, but then
it doesn't have to...  It runs reasonably quickly, but you might have some
trouble trying to recompile the kernel due to memory restrictions. Seems a
shame to be running with only 1MB of ram, when ram is down to around $35 per
SIMM...try Chip Merchant...619-268-4774.  Then you can run as many things as
you can stand to wait for...;)

>2. Is my understanding correct, that MINIX on the Mac runs like a normal Mac
>application, not as the "true" operating system like on the PC version?? And if
>so does this make it perform poorly??
Again, it depends on what you mean by 'properly'.  It runs many of the programs
that I'm used to using for work, on a full blown BSD system.  It will run GCC,
if you have the binaries.  On the other hand (with my newly installed system
6.0.7) it works with multifinder...

>3. Does the C compiler that comes with MINIX allow the use of the Mac Toolboxes
>to use windows. etc in my applications???

I think it would, as the mac library seems to have a fairly complete set of
toolbox routines.  HOWEVER, these are Minix calls to the toolbox, NOT standard
stand alone mac programs.  Therefore, you're probably gonna get caught under
the user license:
 "You may not sell or License commercial product....without the prior written
consent of prentice hall...."
 "Make the program or any portion of the program publically accessible via
electronic bulletin board, computer network or similar device or system....."

What do you plan on using the C compiler for?  See what I mean? 

| Ken Corey  aka... kenc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu                        |
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