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From: pcm@iwarp.intel.com (Phil Miller)
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Subject: Re: How do I set up MINIX on my Supra drive?
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In article <27454@cup.portal.com> buggs@cup.portal.com (William Edward JuneJr) writes:
>>I don't know if there are other books for other (non-PC) architectures.
>>Phil Miller
>>pcm@iwarp.intel.com
>
>There's something called XINU. It's 'done' on the Mac & IBM. ANYONE know
> anything on this?
>I saw the hardback copy of this too, BTW.
>
>$60.00 for a book, geez!
>
>Ed June


...back (briefly) to the topic of toy vs. OS:

XINU is a layer of stuff running on top of an existing OS (MS-DOS, for
example).  Everything I've read about it makes it sound like a `teaching
tool'.

MINIX is a stand-alone OS.

The two are unrelated.

Phil Miller
pcm@iwarp.intel.com