Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!bellcore!faline!ulysses!mhuxt!ihnp4!laidbak!daveb From: daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Minix on Amiga ? Message-ID: <1224@laidbak.UUCP> Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 16:49:34 EST Article-I.D.: laidbak.1224 Posted: Thu Nov 5 16:49:34 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 9-Nov-87 04:06:17 EST References: <295@wmt.UUCP> <32453@sun.uucp> Reply-To: daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton) Organization: is pretty bad/My method of Lines: 32 Keywords: Minix, Amiga, ACC. Xref: mnetor comp.os.minix:2005 comp.sys.amiga:10559 In article <32453@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >In article <295@wmt.UUCP> keho@wmt.UUCP (Kees Houttuin) writes: >>Maybe i'm asking something well known in minix- or Amiga-world but >>anyway: does anyone know of a minix-port to the Amiga? >>If so, is the compiler also ported or is it just the minix-os. > >Why would you want to downgrade the OS of your machine? From what I >have seen of both OS's the Amiga's is superior in terms of process >handling, task scheduling, I/O abstraction, etc. ... >... What do you hope to gain? > >Really, this isn't a flame, this is a question. > >--Chuck McManis I can't speak for Chuck, but I'll be willing to bet he's NOT looking to replace his OS. Minix's best point is that it is AVAILABLE at a REASONABLE price in SOURCE form. Anyone interested in learning how a multi-tasking, multi-user operating system operates would do well to own a copy of Minix. -- --------------------"Well, it looked good when I wrote it"--------------------- Verbal: Dave Burton Net: ...!ihnp4!laidbak!daveb V-MAIL: (312) 505-9100 x325 USSnail: 1901 N. Naper Blvd. #include Naperville, IL 60540