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From: TLIMONCE%DREW.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The Amiga Port
Message-ID: <1483@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 10 Mar 88 22:03:46 GMT
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A discussion of an Amiga port was battled a while ago.

Let me try to summerize (sorry if it's not 100% perfect).

Minix has a faster file system!
        AmigaDos 1.3 has a faster file system.  Wait for it to be released
soon.

Minix has multitasking!
        AmigaDOS has always had multitasking.

Minix has pipes!
        AmigaDOS has at least 2-3 public domain versions of a PIPE:
device.

So basically, it was a dead issue.  Personally, I would like to see it
done anyway so that us people in the edukational world can play with it
unstead of have to go to a computer lab and do my work there (I use the
book in an Op Sys course I take)

Of course, it would a great project for someone to do on the Amiga.
Actually, if they could get it to work on the bridge-board (IBM compatable
add-on) some people could use Minix.  A truely interesting port would be
to have Minix running as a task under AmigaDOS.  A nice, well-behaved
task would be very useful.

Another project-idea for the Amiga would be a library that could be linked
to programs that would emulate all the minix calls.  Then write a shell
and attach your favorite C compiler and you'd have a nice pseudo-Minix
emulator for the Amiga.  This would be like Eunice (or is it Ultrixx) for
the VAX VMS OS.

Anyone who want to discuss such a project can mail me.  I'm a bit busy now
but I am always available to give opinions :-)

Tom Limoncelli | Drew U/Box 1060/Madison NJ 07940 | tlimonce@drew.BITNET
    Disclaimer: These are my views, not my employer or Drew Univesity
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