From: sreiz@cs.vu.nl (Steven Reiz)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [minix] Amiga Minix FINAL VERSION AVAILABLE!
Keywords: amiga a3000 minix new version update
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Date: 9 Jun 91 22:57:16 GMT
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Archive-name: os/minix/sreiz-amiga-minix/1991-06-05
Archive-directory: ftp.cs.vu.nl:/pub/sreiz/minix/ [130.37.24.6]
Original-posting-by: sreiz@cs.vu.nl (Steven Reiz)
Original-subject: Amiga Minix FINAL VERSION AVAILABLE!
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)



A new, much improved, version of Amiga Minix is available for
beta-testing NOW! Some new features include:

- The harddisk driver works with the A590, A2091 and A3000.
- Minix can use all A3000 32-bit fastmem.
- Minix runs on 68000, 68010, 68020 and 68030 processors.
- Both instruction- and data-cache can be enabled.
  This can be done with the SetCPU or 2.0 CPU command, before
  minix is booted.
- The serial task works properly with zmodem up to 9600 baud.
- Disk fonts can be used as the minix font, by using the -fn
  option of the loader.
- The minix readclock binary is no longer needed, the AmigaDOS
  time is now used for minix.

Please everyone: test this version on as many different configurations
possible! Test it thoroughly!  If we don't hear of any problems with
this version, we will make it an 'official release' and post source
patches to comp.os.minix in about a week.

The new version can be found on ftp.cs.vu.nl [130.37.24.6] in
/pub/sreiz/minix.  If you can't ftp I'm willing to send it to
you by email. Let me know if you don't know what to do with .lzh
files.

This new version is, once again, only an update. You will need the
full Amiga Minix 1.5 distribution, as published by PH, to be able to
use it.

However, if I get enough requests for a demo version of Amiga Minix,
I might be willing to make it, so that people like Ethan (Hi Ethan!
Hi Larry! Hi Peter!) can see that it ain't so bad after all...

Regards,

        Steven Reiz (sreiz@cs.vu.nl)

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-rw-r--r--  1 sreiz       83079 Jun  5 13:25 aminix.tar.Z
-rw-r--r--  1 sreiz       66837 Jun  5 13:25 aminix.lzh
drwxr-xr-x  2 sreiz         512 Jun  5 13:24 aminix
drwxr-xr-x  2 sreiz         512 Apr 29 10:18 mail_parts
-rw-r--r--  1 sreiz         275 Apr 12 12:50 README
-rwxr-xr-x  1 sreiz         145 Apr  4 09:12 creat_archs
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