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From: root@minixug.mugnet.org (MINIXUG-ONLINE System Manager)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Free IBM PC simulator available by FTP
Message-ID: <9104234039@minixug.mugnet.org>
Date: 24 Apr 91 18:40:11 GMT
References: <9764@star.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: MINIX User Group Holland (NLMUG)   -  MUGNET  -
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In article <9764@star.cs.vu.nl>, ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) wrote:
> I have written an 8088 interpreter in C that runs on SPARCs and probably
> other machines.  It also simulates enough I/O gear of the IBM PC that
> you can run MINIX 1.1 on the simulator.  The simulator is not perfect,
> but still may be of some interest.  It will not run MS-DOS because
> MS-DOS needs a BIOS, and the BIOS is copyrighted, so it is not included
> in the simulator.  If you provide your own BIOS, it might work.  This 
> has never been tried.  
I have a free (PD, boys!) BIOS for PC's at "minixug".  Since it's
assembler source, it is quite large, but working... :-)

> The simulator is available only by FTP.  It is on ftp.cs.vu.nl (192.31.231.42)
> in directory minix/simulator. There is also other minix stuff in minix/*
> as well as amoeba stuff in amoeba/* (Amoeba is a distributed operating system).
> All the directories have READ_ME files explaining what's in them.
> 
> Everything in all the directories is copyright.  Permission is hereby
> granted to upload and use the files for educational and research use only.
> Other use requires written permission from the copyright owner.

Uhh, Andy?  What about me making it available for those of us without
FTP access?  I am willing to create the ~ftp/vu_stuff directory over
here...

Fred.