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Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: MINIX on the ATARI ST
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Date: Wed, 1-Jul-87 12:25:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  1 12:25:58 1987
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I  asked about Minix on the ST. I have the answer ...
Unfortunately, due to a file system crash, I cannot directly copy the
response, but here is a precis of it:

From Andy Tanenbaum:

1) Minix itself is roughly 80% done; utilities yet to be done (depending
   on modifying the existing compiler to 68000/Atari
2) The book from Prentice Hall (Operating Systems: Design and Implementation)
   will not be updated until 1992.
3) No firm date yet for when Minix on the ST will be available.

One further question ... what sort of disk resources are required to
reasonably run Minix? 10 Mb? 20MB+ ? And what sort of hard drives are
available for the ST (all I have seen is 20 Mb).

Russell Crook (...!seismo!{mnetor,utzoo}!spectrix!rmc)