Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!macuni!ipc02!s8922967 From: s8922967@ipc02.tmc.edu (Murray John GILBERT) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: UNIX Message-ID: <906@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> Date: 20 May 91 02:53:08 GMT Article-I.D.: macuni.906 References: Sender: news@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz Organization: Macquarie University, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics Lines: 28 In article Mario_Capellari@turtle.stgt.sub.org (Mario Capellari) writes: >Ist there any Shareware or Public Domain Version of UNIX avaible for the >Amiga? You could try minix (by Andy Tanenbaum) availiable from Prentice Hall for $169 I think. No official support for Hard drives (Amiga MINIX) though there are some PD ones ? I haven't used Amiga Minix, but I have used IBM minix on 286s and 386s, its ok I suppose for the UNIX experience and learning OS stuff and runs quite nicely, but you really need a harddrive to use it well if not then you need lots of memory so you can put you most commonly used commands in ram. Changing bits of the Minix Kernel for our comp327 assignment was a real pain if you could only get hold of a 2MB machine in the lab, It was great when you could get one of the 33MHz 8MB 386 clones. Another thing IBMminix is all text unless you get the MINI-X graphics thingo from someone in Canberra, Australia (forget his name and email). MINI-X requires a 386 though, I don't have a clue about its compatability with/ transformability to Amiga Minix. Have a look on comp.os.minix for more inf ormation adios, Murray o