Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!udel!mmdf From: Dickson@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (Paul Dickson) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: The Amiga Port Message-ID: <1725@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 24 Mar 88 23:22:12 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 79 And here's another reply: > From: Barnacle Wes > > 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? > I don't really like RSN dates either, but 1.3 is on its way. I understand that it is in gamma testing (which means the developers have an early, possibly bug prove version). But local developers love it because of the speed and flexibility increase. > > > 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. > Well, if that's the case, then MINIX has *SORT OF* multitasking. Minix has the same faults as AmigaDOS. > > > Minix has pipes! > > AmigaDOS has at least 2-3 public domain versions of a PIPE: > > device. > > A pipe "device"???? Get real! > What's wrong with having a pipe device? I believe the PIPE: device will be in AmigaDOS 1.3, but we'll have to wait and see. > > > 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. > The news seem to have difficulty spreading. It does work with the bridge board as previous messages have stated. > > > A truely interesting port would be > > to have Minix running as a task under AmigaDOS. A nice, well-behaved > > task would be very useful. > > 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 :-). You seem to want somebody else to re-invent Amiga and make it available to you with source code. TANSTAAFL. Those person who get familiar enough with the Amiga, trying to port MINIX, usually find that the Amiga already has most of what they are trying to do already done. Personally, if I wanted to do 68000 development work for MINIX, I'd purchase an 1040 ST, rather than do anything to my Amiga. As it is, I'll stick to working with my friend using his PC Clone. -Paul Dickson Dickson%pco @ BCO-Multics.ARPA P.S. I wrote this message, but stopped to read the reply to the original before sending this.