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- From: "Phil Kramer" <p00014@psilink.com>
- Subject: Minix Sells Around the World! [and how]
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- Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:37:23 GMT
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- Posted for sentimental reasons...
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- From the September '92 Minix Update pamphlet from Prentice Hall
- (A Paramount Company!)
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- [ Misleading quotations quoted in a misleading manner ]
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- Questions and Answers
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- Does MINIX support VGA?
- No...
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- Will MINIX work on SCSI or ESDI?
- There is no driver for SCSI or ESDI....
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- Will MINIX boot from the hard drive?
- No, you always need the boot floppy....
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- Can MINIX reside with DOS?
- No, MINIX and DOS files must be on different partitions...
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- What UNIX applications run with MINIX 1.5?
- None.
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- Does MINIX support graphics in the C compiler
- (line drawing)?
- No.
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- Is MDV included on the disk with the IBM version?
- No
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- Does MINIX have Lex and Yacc?
- Not in the distribution version. There are versions on the net.
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- Does MINIX run X-Windows?
- No.
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- Is there an NKS Tool Set?
- No.
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- Does MINIX have AWK?
- No...
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- Does MINIX support floating point?
- No.
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- Can you add a mail facility to MINIX?
- No.
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- Is MINIX compatible to SCO-ZENIX for UNIX? [!]
- No.
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- Are there multiple code segments and/or multiple data segments
- in C programs for MINIX 1.5?
- No...
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- Is there a C-Debugger for MINIX 1.5?
- No.
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- When is the next version of MINIX due?
- 2-3 years. [!]
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- Are there transparencies or other material available?
- No.
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