Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!dono
From: dono@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Don OConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Proposal to split up ...
Keywords: Re: Proposal to split up ...
Message-ID: <7335@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 27 Feb 89 02:23:25 GMT
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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>From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)

>I've only been on this newsgroup for 5 months, but I've noticed that 
>there are a lot of people that read this group that don't have both an 
>ST and an IBM.  Thus, either the ST or the IBM binary/source postings 
>are useless (depending on which machine you have).  Therefore, I think 
>that it would be a good idea to split up comp.os.minix into 5 groups:

This has been proposed several times (4 in my memory), and has been turned
down for a variety of reasons. 

Most of the programs that I post, even though I use them on my ibm should
compile and run on st's with minor or no changes. And the reverse is true, I
have compiled the curses package that was posted for the st's with only
minor changes. I am also looking into porting the screen package to run under
the ega on my machine. It would be more of a problem to monitor many seperate
groups for what i want, than just to hit 'n' for those articles that I don't
want. The binaries are another matter, although I keep them stored, just in
case I buy an st one of these days. 

Don O'Connell					killer!dono