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From: mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Rs232 on Minix-ST
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Date: 9 Jan 89 22:52:21 GMT
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In the recently-posted rs232 addition to minix-st, a completely separate
driver and kernel task is used for rs232.  I had hoped it could be combined
with the tty driver.  Aren't we trying to keep Minix small?  Is there likely
to be an "official" rs232 driver for minix-st, perhaps somewhat related to
the PC version.  Finally, the "cu" binary was uuencoded, but also archived
with a TOS program called ARC.  I would prefer if submitters would use Minix
archiving tools only, because I run minix-st, but don't have TOS.  (I recently
ported minix-st to another 68000 machine.  I had to modify all the drivers, 
and rebuild the kernel, but minix-st binaries run just fine.  I was very
impressed with the kernel code, and the port was easier than I expected.)

-Gary Mills-          -University of Manitoba-        -Winnipeg, Canada-