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From: hp@beta.UUCP (Akkana)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What's the status of Minix?
Message-ID: <10774@beta.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 15:45:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: beta.10774
Posted: Thu Oct  1 15:45:38 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 5-Oct-87 06:37:56 EDT
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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Keywords: what computer should I buy?
Summary: request for general info


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?


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	...Akkana         Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL
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"I think I'll take a walk.  Hmm, wonder where this wire goes?"
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