Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!udel!mmdf From: Postmaster@locke.bitnet (PMDF Mail Server) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Undeliverable mail Message-ID: <882@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 21 Dec 87 03:51:07 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 55 The message could not be delivered to: Addressee: MINIX Reason: %MAIL-E, no such user MINIX at node LOCKE ---------------------------------------- Received: from JNET-DAEMON by locke.hs.washington.edu; Sun, 20 Dec 87 19:47 PST Received: From NDSUVM1(MAILER) by UWALOCKE with RSCS id 5394 for MINIX@UWALOCKE; Sun, 20 Dec 87 19:47 PST Received: by NDSUVM1 (Mailer X1.24) id 5335; Sun, 20 Dec 87 21:44:54 CST Date: 18 Dec 87 17:28:28 GMT From: Bob Best Subject: Re: P-H has MINIX in stock (finally) Sender: Minix operating system To: Local Redistribution Reply-to: INFO-MINIX@UDEL.edu Comments: To: info-minix@UDEL.EDU In article <1779@botter.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > >I talked to P-H yesterday. Version 1.2 of MINIX in 256K & 640K PC, 512K AT, >mag tape, and the IBM slipcase version with the abridged book are all >in stock. > >Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) After having waited one month for delivery, I finally received the Minix version 1.1 (!) disks for the IBM-PC 640k system. I immediately called Prentice-Hall and spoke to a man by the name of Jim Fagan who told me that the disks for version 1.2 would *not* be available for shipment until February 1988. He also told me that the changes in version 1.2 were relevant only to the IBM-AT version hard disk support, and, hence, were of no consequence to the IBM-PC disks that I ordered. It was my understanding that the source code for IBM-AT specific device drivers are included with the IBM-PC disk set, and I would expect the IBM-PC disks to contain any revisions pertaining to the IBM-AT. Since I intend to run Minix on both systems, I require working drivers for both the PC and AT. It would seem that there is still some confusion and/or misinformation surrounding the distribution of the Minix software. Does anybody *really* know what is happening here? I am sure that all Minix enthusiasts agree that Dr. Tanenbaum's brilliant contribution deserves better handling and support. In the meantime, could someone please direct me to a convenient source for the version 1.2 diffs. I have abandoned hope of ever getting them from P-H. -- Bob Best uucp: ...{trwrb,hplabs}!felix!dhw68k!bob InterNet: bob@dhw68k.cts.com