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From: wes@wsccs.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The Amiga Port
Message-ID: <343@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 88 01:22:16 GMT
References: <1483@louie.udel.EDU>
Lines: 58
Summary: AmigaDOS?  Get outta here..

In article <1483@louie.udel.EDU>, TLIMONCE%DREW.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
> Minix has a faster file system!
>         AmigaDos 1.3 has a faster file system.  Wait for it to be released
> soon.

Love those "REAL SOON NOW" release dates.  How do you know AmigaDOS 1.3
will be faster than the Minix file system, since neither has been released
yet?

> Minix has multitasking!
>         AmigaDOS has always had multitasking.

AmigaDOS has always *SORT OF* had multitasking:  applications can turn it
off, blowing up other applications that use the multitasking.

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

A pipe "device"????  Get real!

> So basically, it was a dead issue.

Why is it a dead issue?  Because you are not interested?  I bet you beleive
your bedroom is the center of the universe, too!

> Of course, it would a great project for someone to do on the Amiga.

I think so.  It is especially appealing to me that it would be pretty easy
to make the Amiga and Atari versions binary (and disk format) compatible.

> Actually, if they could get it to work on the bridge-board (IBM compatable
> add-on) some people could use Minix.

Why would you want to waste an Amiga as a "terminal" for the IBM version
of Minix?  And if the bridge board is truly "IBM compatible", the PC version
of Minix will already run on it.

> A truely interesting port would be
> to have Minix running as a task under AmigaDOS.  A nice, well-behaved
> task would be very useful.

Nah, a truly interesting port would be a version of Minix with a floppy
driver that would automagically recognize and re-format any AmigaDOS floppy
put into a drive.

Seriously, if you aren't interested in Minix, why are you here telling
everyone why they DON'T want it for the Amiga?  Go back to comp.sys.amiga
and 3-line function calls.

Is anyone out there planning to do a window manager for Minix on the Atari
and Amiga?  That would be really nice :-).

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