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From: sreiz@cs.vu.nl (Steven Reiz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Ibem and Minix
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Date: 26 Jun 91 11:04:01 GMT
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rkent@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (Rick Kent) writes:

>On the subject of Minix, how's the latest version of Minix for the Amiga
>run?  I know older versions do not have hard drive support and won't
>work on an Amiga 3000, but I got the file "aminix.lzh" off ab20 last
>week and it looks like it supports hard drive usage.  I suspect that I

I don't think that the version on ab20 is the most recent one, I recommend
that you only look on ftp.cs.vu.nl for updates (directory /pub/sreiz/minix),
that way you are sure to always have the latest & gratest (ahem) version.

The new version does indeed support harddisks and a3000s, we've debugged it
on two a3000s and it works very nicely.

>would also need the full version of Minix in addition to what comes with

That's right. Alternatively, you can first try out the demo version, to see
for yourself that it works with your harddisk and your cpu. The demo
can also be found on ftp.cs.vu.nl.

>this archive.  Is anyone running the latest version of Minix for the
>Amiga off hard drive?  What I really want to know is  1) does it really
>work off hard drive, and 2) will it run on an Amiga 3000?  It appears

1) yes
2) yes
3) yes, it even works with the a3000 harddisk(s)

	Steven