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From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: questions about MINIX
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Date: 29 May 89 19:13:55 GMT
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I'm new to the ms-dos world, just having purchased an AT w/ 40MB hard drive.
I'm excited about MINIX... small UNIX system with full source for $80. I have
a few questions...
	Can I run regular ms-dos programs from within minix? Can I put it on
my hard drive (Miniscribe 3650)? If I partition my hard drive correctly,
can I still boot up regular ms-dos ignoring the minix partition?
	And what address do I write to (Prenice-Hall?) to order minix?
	I seem remember reading that some of it's commands use different
syntax / command lines than UNIX. How much different?
	And really important to me, is the c compiler ANSI? Has anyone tried
porting over GNU's gcc? 
	And one more minor thing, mostly just curiosity: can I use
the c compiler to generate (non-commercial) ms-dos runnable code as well
as minix code?
	Thanks in advance....
				Wayne Hayes

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