Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!alchemy!ruunfs!muts From: muts@fysak.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Questions about atari st & minix Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 18:23:49 GMT References: <1991Apr20.011418.28786@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: usenet@fys.ruu.nl (News Control) Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht Lines: 29 templon@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (jeffrey templon) writes: >- I have minix running on the Mac at the moment - how does ST minix >compare with Macminix? I would think it would be faster, since mac >minix has to run as an application rather than an OS. Don't know enough about the mac to tell. >- what is the native ST interface like (not minix, but this GEM thingy) >compared to the Mac? A simple copy of it. But because of its simplicity I prefer it personally. It is good enough to work with. The only thing lacking it the quality of the application installation (it exists, but is worthless). >- what is the minimum configuration I'll likely be able to get away with? >I am eyeing starting out with a 520 - 512k and a monochrome monitor, >with some sort of HD. I am used to having 2.5 Meg of RAM and 60 Meg >HD on my Mac. It seems like Atari stuff should need less space from >what I have heard. Maybe, for HD space 10 meg seems enough. But as there is no virtual memory you'll want at least 1 mb ram, better even more. 512 k is absolutely not enough! -- Peter Mutsaers email: muts@fysap.fys.ruu.nl Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht muts@fys.ruu.nl Princetonplein 5 tel: (+31)-(0)30-533880 3584 CG Utrecht, Netherlands