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- From: juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
- Subject: Re: New ftp location for the folding editor Origami
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.170914.20108@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de>
- Keywords: origami
- Sender: juengst@boss1 (Henry G. Juengst)
- Organization: Universit"at Bonn, Informatikinstitut, R"omerstr 154, W-5300 Bonn 1
- References: <9208153116@gandalf.moria> <15774@star.cs.vu.nl>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:09:14 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- In article <15774@star.cs.vu.nl>, philip@cs.vu.nl (Philip Homburg) writes:
- > In article <9208153116@gandalf.moria> u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt) writes:
- > %The folding editor Origami is no longer available under the minix
- > %directory, because it doesn't run on MINIX any longer. It is too big for
- > %16 bit MINIX and I don't know any 32 bit MINIX hackers. (Guess why :)
- >
- > I think that if you can keep Origami more or less POSIX complient, porting
- > it to a (my) 32 bit version of Minix is not much work. At least the diffs
- ~~~~~~
-
- Very nice. What do you think how long will anybody wait until the official
- MINIX does have features like virtual memory, long file names, network
- file system, X11 etc. ? I can't even use these technics today under MINIX
- if I would buy a much better system (not 8088 PC). And why should I pay for
- a new compiler, libraries and bug (!) patches again and again ?
-
- POSIX ? I've got MINIX 1.5.10 (plus patches up to 1.6.16) for a PC, but if
- it has to eat some POSIX source it says after some hours "!@#$%^&*()+". I
- will remove MINIX from its hard disk some days later and just use it to play
- chess and as silly terminal. A much better system (hardware + OS) is on
- its way. Please, don't tell me anything about any patches. I know them all
- and can't see them any more. MINIX _was_ a nice idea. Sorry.
-
- > for 1.6.34 were very small.
- >
- >
- >
- >
- > Philip Homburg
- >
- >
- >
- > Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl>
- > Vrije Universiteit / Dept. of Math. & Comp. Sci. +31 20 5483546
- > Amoeba project / De Boelelaan 1081A
- > 1081 HV Amsterdam / The Netherlands
-
- Henry
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- I'm only speaking for myself, but not for anybody else !
-