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From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX and the Amiga2000
Message-ID: <2988@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 87 21:24:07 GMT
References: <842@louie.udel.EDU> <1790@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1790@botter.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
>In article <842@louie.udel.EDU> BECKER%HUMBER.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bruce Becker) writes:
>>"In theory" a MINIX port to AMIGA should be some work, but otherwise
>>quite feasible 
>>... there are rumour of a group in Holland attempting the port -
>
>I know of no port to the Amiga.  There is definitely a port to the Atari.
>That is coming along, and we have hopes of a release in the Spring of 88.
>Any port to the Amiga or Macintosh should definitely start there.
>
>Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

  If such a port is started, I would be very interested in any and all news.
 Soon as time permits, I plan on getting Minix 1.2 up and running on the
 BridgeBoard in my 2000 (Hi Mike!). Being able to run MINIX and AmigaDOS at
 the same, and adding the Amigas ability to share data.... Well you get the
 idea.
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