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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Amiga version of Minix
Message-ID: <1877@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 9 Jan 89 11:25:57 GMT
References: <22766@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <22766@pbhya.PacBell.COM> jwste@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Jerry W Steffler) writes:
>Is there a version of Minix for the Amiga?  Is anyone working on a version
>for the Amiga?  I am a beginning C programmer (self teach) and do not think
>that I can port it over with any success.

I agree.  When learning to program, porting a multiprogramming operating
system to a piece of poorly documented hardware probably shouldn't be project
number 1.  Actually, two of my students have started to work on an Amiga
port.  It is term break now, so I haven't seen them in a while and I don't
know how far they are.  

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)