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Re: Linux on XT

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From: David Conran
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
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robert@slip.cc.uq.oz.au (Robert Brockway) writes:

>: I don't beleive that MINIX is public domain and therefore yout won't find
>: it on any legal ftp site. When I got a copy about 5 years ago it cost about
>: $200 to $300 dollars at McGills in Melbourne. It was published by Prentice
>: Hall.

>MINIX has been made free for educational use, hence full versions are now
>available via ftp.

Yes ... it has ... and minutes after I saw the announcement, I started the
mirror of it.
As per usual ftp://ftp.dstc.edu.au/pub/minix
Your friendly Oz Free OS mirror service :)
(now .. if only we could get a fast link to sunsite .. sigh)
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From: lucifer@dstc.edu.au (David Conran)
Subject: Re: Linux on XT
Date: 1996/01/31
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