Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!uniwa!wacsvax!ora
From: ora@wacsvax.OZ (Russell O'Callaghan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Received:
Summary: Archimedes Minix
Message-ID: <849@wacsvax.OZ>
Date: 14 Sep 88 14:14:21 GMT
References: <3969@louie.udel.EDU>
Organization: Comp Sci, Uni. Western Australia.
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  There are several students here (Uni of W. Australia ) intending to 
port Minix to the Archimedes. Actually, we only want it running on an Acorn 
Risc Machine. However, most of the tools for the ARM seem to run on the 
Archimedes only. We are trying to talk Acorn's Australian agents into lending
us a 440 and tools for a while. We have 1 homebuilt ARM here with a small
assembler and almost complete Modula 2 compiler. This will be used as the 
vehicle for a modula 2 based operating system in the near future.
  We are now waiting for the chip set to arrive so we can build a second 
machine to run Minix on. If we get a free 440 we'll use that. If not we'll 
need to get a decent, cheap ARM C compiler. We may have to hack Small C, 
seeings how the Springboard C compiler costs around $500.
  If anyone out there could give us any advice, portable compilers, $$ or any
thing else, it would be much appreciated. An archimedes Minix could only 
benefit Acorn (if anyone's listening there), because Arthur is a dog.
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