Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!heuvax!nheu From: nheu@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca (Norman Heu) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: Coherent vs. MINIX Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 22:19:15 GMT References: <1991Jun15.182344.1950@jrix.radig.de> Distribution: comp Organization: Private Node in Vancouver, BC, Canada Lines: 65 In article <1991Jun15.182344.1950@jrix.radig.de> joachim@jrix.radig.de (Joachim Riedel) writes: >nheu@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca (Norman Heu) writes: > >>The main reason that I would choose MINIX over Coherent is the >>386 support which is available for MINIX and not for Coherent. > >I still believe that the 386 support in MINIX is still "unofficial", >the version modified by Bruce Evans. Maybe I'm wrong and there is now >an "official" 386 version available. It's still not official.. but at least it is available NOW for those who can't wait. >I think that Coherent also will have 386 support in the near future >and it's now 66 % Percent the price of MINIX (here in Germany !) >(Coherent: 198.-DM MINIX: 298.-DM) US prices are $99 for Coherent and $169 for Minix if I'm not mistaken. >>Also, there seems to be more things happening with MINIX. >>Checkout comp.os.minix.. it's much more active than >>comp.os.coherent. > >comp.os.coherent is a new group, installed in 1991. I don't know when >comp.os.minix was created but at least it's 15 months older. And most questions >there are about problems installing MINIX, problems with Devices or whatever. Yes, comp.os.coherent is a new group and that's probably one reason why it isn't very active. Yes, most questions (in general) are about problems. But there is a fair bit of discussion about enhancing MINIX in comp.os.minix. There isn't too much of that here in comp.os.coherent (yet?). >I myself never had bigger problems with different hardware I used with >Coherent. And with MINIX you have to depend on the Net-support because MINIX >has less essential tools. Net-support is the best kind though! ;) >Nevertheless MINIX has really several advantages. But I won't believe it >because I am a Coherent fanatic. I'm just happy there's finally more than one flavour of cheap unix available and pity all those still running Msdos. -Norm > >Cheers, > >Joachim > >+---------------------------------------+-------+-------------------+-------+ >| Joachim Riedel | @ @ | Don't worry, | @ @ | >| Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 48 | \_/ | keep smiling | \_/ | >| D-6050 Offenbach am Main +-------+-------------------+-------+ >| Tel. +49 69 85 62 25 | joachim@jrix.radig.de | >+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ -- // Norman Heu \X/ nheu@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca!nheu