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From: jjake@reed.UUCP (Jacob Sisk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What is MINIX?
Message-ID: <12099@reed.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 89 23:14:23 GMT
Reply-To: jjake@reed.UUCP (Jacob Sisk)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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Hi.

	I have been looking around for a version of UNIX for my
XT clone. It seems that my choices are for the most part expensive,
and that they need hardware which I cannot afford (a 286 or 386 and
lots of memory). And then I stumbled across this newsgroup, and this
amazing thing called minix. What is it?!?!?? I have figured out that
it is looks and feels like UNIX, and that it cheap. My question is,
does it have all of the little things in UNIX that I have come to
know and love? Like sed,awk and vi? (I am particularly interested in
text processing tools) Nroff, tr and so on and so forth? 
	In short, I could not find a description of what this minix
is anywhere. I would really love to see one. Please either mail me
at jjake@reed.BITNET or post the description, as I am sure other
people are also curious. Thank you!,

Jacob Sisk  (jjake@reed.BITNET)