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- From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
- Subject: Re: Minix on 68k
- Message-ID: <BzA013.r1@research.canon.oz.au>
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:58:14 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick) writes:
- >knowles@FNALNL.FNAL.GOV writes:
- >
- >>Does anyone know whether MINIX has been successfully
- >>ported to the 68k? Better yet, has it ever been ported
- >>to a PROM-able version suitable for inclusion into a
- >>SBC such as the VME133-1?
- >
- >The system I use (an Applix 1616) is based around the 68k. It runs an
- >operating system that's sort of Unix but not quite.
- >
- >About a year or so ago someone ported Minix (version 1.3 I think, but
- >might have been 1.4) to the machine, although I have never personally
- >tried it out.
- >
- >If you want to find out some more about it, write to Applix Pty Ltd at
- >the following address:
- >
- > Applix Pty Ltd,
- > Lot 1A, Kent Street,
- > Yerinbool, NSW 2575,
- > Australia.
- >
- >I'm sorry that I can't tell you more about it, but I don't really know!
-
- Colin McCormick did the MINIX port for the Applix. Last I knew he was
- at ACUS (Australian Centre for Unisys Software or some such) in Sydney.
- --
- Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
-