Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 17:59:13 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Andy Tanenbaum: Free UNIX clone (MINIX) available via WWW/FTP Message-ID: <199511090159.RAA05842@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <400.815880019@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Nov 8, 95 05:20:19 pm
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I think it should be passed on to announce with a prefix saying that 'this is what to ell people that ask about running FreeBSD on their 286.. it should also be in the FAQ.. > > I just got this as an announce submission. I'm not going to approve > it because, as interesting as it may be, it really has nothing > whatsoever to do with FreeBSD. However, I felt that this might be > giving Andy short-shrift and might actually be of interest to some of > you here, so I'm forwarding it to hackers instead. > > Jordan > ------- Forwarded Message > > To: comp-unix-bsd-freebsd-announce@NL.net > Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce,comp.os.coherent > Path: ast > From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) > Subject: Free UNIX clone (MINIX) available via WWW/FTP > Nntp-Posting-Host: kits.cs.vu.nl > Sender: news@cs.vu.nl > Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 22:45:26 GMT > Message-Id: <DHqxvq.K4t.0.-s@cs.vu.nl> > Lines: 26 > > > This message formally announces MINIX 1.7.1. > > MINIX is a UNIX clone that is now available for free via the Internet for > educational and research use. > > It runs in 16-bit mode on the 8088 and 286, and in 32-bit mode on the > 386, 486, and Pentium. The complete OS source code is included in the > distribution. A book telling how an older version of MINIX works internally > is available; a new version covering the current code will be out in 1996. > MINIX has been written with the intention that people can understand how it > works. This makes it a suitable system for learning about operating system > internals. > > For all the details and hyperlinks you can click on to get MINIX, see: > > http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html > > For people with FTP access but no Web access, see ftp.cs.vu.nl:pub/minix. > > There is an active MINIX newsgroup for questions, discussion, new software, > etc.: comp.os.minix > > Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > >
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