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From: broome@daffy.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: All these MINIX questions
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Date: Sun, 25-Jan-87 18:23:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 25 18:23:33 1987
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I've been seeing all these questions about MINIX from people who seem
to be fairly knowledgable about MINIX, presumably having read the
book...  So far, I haven't been able to find a bookstore anywhere that
has it, or even anywhere that will order (they all say "our distributor
doesn't have it yet, so we can't order it for you")!!  So, does anyone
out there *really* have it, and if so, could you clue me in as to where
you got it from?  If I can't find it any locally, I'd even be interested
in finding someone who *can* get it who'd be willing to ship a copy or 
two to me, I'll handle the $$ of course.

Also, about all the device compatibility questions - being as MINIX is 
distributed with source code, what's the problem?  All you really need 
to do is to find some good technical docs on your particular peripheral, 
a running machine to compile on, and then you can write your own device 
driver.  It shouldn't be that rough, assuming some understanding of what's
going on, which is what the book is for.  It's not like Lotus, where you 
only have a binary, and *don't* have the capability to change it. (I thought
that was part of the reason for MINIX's popularity, though I may be mistaken.)
Anyway, anyone for shared libraries and job control??


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Jonathan C. Broome                         Abel Image Research, Hollywood, Ca.

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