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- From: archetyp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph R Pickert)
- Subject: macminix 1.6.24
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 15:32:47 GMT
- Keywords: macminix 1.6.24
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- Contrary to what I have said in the past about not doing an update to
- Macminix until 2.0, I just got 1.6.24 (== IBM 1.6.24) running and have
- decided to post it after the holidays. In addition to the regular stuff
- that ast & co have added to this version (big file systems, etc.),
- the mac version contains all new and updated ansi compatible ROM
- interface files (/usr/lib/mac and /usr/src/lib/mac), incorporating
- the stuff from inside mac volumes V and VI.
-
- Good news for the GNU fans: The mac interface libraries have been
- rewritten and are all in C now, except for a 100 lines or so of assembler.
- User level programs no longer call the ROM directly, but will go through
- a kernel task.
-
- There are a number of cosmetic changes, and I sort of have the networking
- stuff working through the toolbox, but I doubt I will try to incorporate it
- into this release.
-
- Joe
-