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From: john@moncol.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Which clones *don't* run MINIX
Message-ID: <459@moncol.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 1-Feb-87 21:57:14 EST
Article-I.D.: moncol.459
Posted: Sun Feb  1 21:57:14 1987
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Reply-To: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Organization: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764
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In article <275@ihnp3.UUCP> mth@ihnp3.UUCP writes:
>In a recent article Dr. Tanenbaum stated that MINIX ran OK on
>80% of clones tested.  Is it possible to find out which clones
>constituted these groups?  Or at least which were in the 20%
>that failed?  I'm assumming that the failures were due to
>hardware differences normally hidden by BIOS, however, it would
>be helpful to know what the failure modes are.  This would be
>very helpful for us *clone folks*.

First of all, my apologies to those who'd rather read good, technical stuff
on MINIX rather that yet another "will MINIX run on my machine" posting.
I'll try to be brief.

Does anybody know if MINIX will run on the Tandy 1000? The reason I ask is
that the 1000 is not your usual IBM-compatable. From what I can tell, it
meets Dr. Tanenbaum's criteria of having the correct floppy disk controller
and video controll chips. It does, however, have two unusual features which
I am worried about:
 
	1) Non-parity-checked memory
	2) No dedicated video ram on a video card. Rather, the BIOS
	   steals the top 16K of normal ram for this purpose.

I'd check the book myself if only my copy would arrive. (That's why this
posting...)
 
Thanks in advance...

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