Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!udel!mmdf From: mmdf@udel.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: File: "MINIX-L MAIL" being sent to you Message-ID: <552@louie.udel.EDU> Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 18:29:26 EDT Article-I.D.: louie.552 Posted: Thu Oct 1 18:29:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 05:29:57 EDT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 53 Received: from NDSUVM1(MAILER) by FINHUTC (Mailer X1.25) id 2738; Fri, 02 Oct 87 00:21:14 FIN Received: by NDSUVM1 (Mailer X1.24) id 5066; Thu, 01 Oct 87 17:07:32 CDT Received: from UDEL.EDU by WISCVM.WISC.EDU ; Thu, 01 Oct 87 17:05:22 CDT Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa27311; 1 Oct 87 17:32 EDT Received: from USENET by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa27198; 1 Oct 87 17:22 EDT Keywords: what computer should I buy? ARPA: usenet@udel.EDU, UUCP: ...{harv Source-Info: From (or Sender) name not authenticated. Message-ID: <10774@beta.UUCP> Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Date: 1 Oct 87 19:45:38 GMT Reply-To: INFO-MINIX@UDEL.EDU Sender: Minix operating system From: Akkana Subject: What's the status of Minix? X-LSVRepTo: X-LSVopts: NOACK Org=MINIX-L@NDSUVM1 X-LSVvia: MINIX-L@NDSUVM1 X-LSVTo: info-minix@UDEL.EDU To: $PEER$ This is probably something which comes up pretty often, but I've scanned the comp.os.minix messages currently on this system and haven't found any answers, so here goes: What's the current status of Minix? What machines will run it? I gather the Atari ST port has already been done (is that true?) -- how about the Amiga port? Is there a serial driver yet, or uucp? Are people generally happy with Minix? I thought Minix was a great idea when it first came out, but since I didn't have access to a PC I didn't buy it and stopped reading this group. Now I find myself in a position where I'm thinking about buying some sort of PC, and I'd like to try Minix, both because it sounds like a good environment and because I'd like to support it. I'd rather buy an Amiga than an ST (because the native OS looks better and there's a lot more net support), but if Minix runs better on PC's than on the 68000 machines I might buy a PC instead. The ability to run a terminal emulator, uucp and/or Usenet on the machine would be a big plus. (Ethernet support would be great, but I don't expect it yet.) So, any suggestions? What's a good Minix machine? How are the various ports going? Any advice to a potential new Minix user? .. ...Akkana Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL akkana%infidel@lanl.gov hp@lanl.gov ihnp4!lanl!hp "I think I'll take a walk. Hmm, wonder where this wire goes?" -- Max Headroom