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From: pen@elinor.lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: The state of Minix today.
Message-ID: <1990Feb5.182319.4469@isy.liu.se>
Date: 5 Feb 90 18:23:19 GMT
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I'm thinking of buying myself a new machine (cpu = 386), and would like
to run some kind of multiuser/multitasking OS on it. I have a few
questions about Minix that you might be able to answer.
 
   1. Is there a large model C compiler and linker available for Minix?

   2. Does Minix support virtual memory?

   3. On a 386-machine, does Minix support memory above 1MB?

   4. Does Minix support networking - or have provisions for writing
      a network handling server process?

   5. On a 386-machine, does Minix use the memory protection mechanism
      that exists - so that if one process crasches, I won't have to
      reboot my machine?

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