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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Sun like OS for PC
Message-ID: <315.24561F9D@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 26 Apr 89 19:19:40 GMT
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In article <527@megatek.UUCP>, hollen@eta.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck) writes:

 >If you mean SUN OS 4.0, this is an implementation of UNIX.  In that case,
 >get MINIX of some public domain BBS (I am really sorry I cannot point
 >you to one, since I do not use them).  If you want to pay for it,

MINIX is NOT public domain!  If you want a copy, you must get one from
Prentice-Hall for $80.  I'd also suggest that you get the book _Operating
Systems: Design and Implimentation_, which is an OS textbook written
by the MINIX author.  MINIX was originally designed to be a "teaching"
OS, and as such, the full source code is included with the above book
(in printed, not machine-readable, form).  It also has instructions
for MINIX, including the default root password.  Note that the MINIX
binaries and sources do NOT come with any documentation; you must get
the book if you want to know how to use it.  Also note that MINIX
is not intended to be a "real-world" OS; and as such, does not have
that many programs available for it.  It also is not System V compatable,
but instead "sort of kinda" V7 compatable.  You won't find a SunOS 4.0
clone in MINIX.

The book is $40, ISBN 0-13-637406-9, by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (Prentice-Hall,
1987).

If you want "real" Unix for your computer, get either Interactive Unix
or SCO Xenix.

Note that the MKS Toolkit is not "real" Unix, but instead is a package
of Unix-like utilities (and a Korn shell clone) that runs over MS-DOS.
You still run MS-DOS programs, have MS-DOS file naming restrictions, etc.

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