Re: minix (was Re: Any caveats?)

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From: Gert Kanis
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:25

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In article <H.ea.RhyJqajwMls@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
	cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca writes:
>In <1jga18INNioi@nanette.sto.pdb.sni.de>, Dr.Savory writes:
>> Put MINIX on your ST. Then you can play at UNIX (aka LINUX) without
>> having to buy an intel chip.
>
>Is the ST version of Minix limited the same way the PC version is?  It's
>stuck with a max size of 64k for executables (bleh!)...
>
No, this restriction applies only to the original Intel (PC) version of Minix.
The author (A.Tanenbaum) insists on keeping Minix compatible to those poor
8086 PC's (which may be right because that version of Minix was sold the most).
On the 68000 version of Minix your physical memory is the limit :-)

>Minix is a cool thing...  You get a unix-like OS (pretty damn close!)
>with full source code and whatnot, for about $100 (if memory serves).
>
I think the current (1.5) version is $170. It has grown a lot though.
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Subject: Re: minix (was Re: Any caveats?)
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