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From: bww@hpqtdla.HP.COM (Brian Woodroffe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: ST Minix
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Date: 20 Sep 88 13:07:10 GMT
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Minix for the Atari-ST must be becomming available *real* soon.
I made an enquiry of P-H (the seem to call themselves Simon Schuster
now; or at least that is what the headed note paper said) to find
out about Minix before I had found this net.  Anyway, included
(5-sep-88) was a flyer that stated:-

  ".... [Minix] was originally available only on the IBM PC. MINIX
has now been ported to the Atari ST and MegatST.  It comes thoroughly
tested and ready to use.  ....."

It did not quote a price, but I guess it will be similar to the PC
price - 98.38 pounds sterling; and that with an exchange rate of $1.70
to the pound!  One wonders if it is possible to order Minix from the
USA?  If so where from?

Another few things I would like to know are:-
  (i)  What have been the improvements between releases 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3?
  (ii) Noticing all the machines that Minix does NOT run on; does it
       require an XT keyboard, or does it configure itself to use aither
       the XT or AT?  - ie does it run straight off the floppies or are
       some patches/re-compiles needed?

Regards,
Brian Woodroffe

at  Hewlett-Packard, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland.
    +44 31-331-1000
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