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Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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From: Richard Hoskins <rmh AT interlaced DOT net>
Date: 25 Feb 1997 17:20:20 -0500
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mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes:

> Minix is a UNIX operating system that would run on 286's and
> possibly even 8088's if I'm not mistaken.  It had its own filesystem
> as well. Linux was originally designed (in Linus's own words) to "be
> a better Minix than Minix".

The free Minix (2.0) requires IDE drives and an AT bus, given that,
an 8088 will run it.

If you have an XT, you need an earlier version (1.5), which is still
hoarded by Prentice-Hall.

Minix 1.5:

  Title:      Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
  Author:     Andrew S. Tanenbaum
  Publisher:  Prentice-Hall
  ISBN:       0-13-637406-9

Minix 2.0:

  http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html

  Title:      Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, 2nd. Edition
  Author:     Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull 
  Publisher:  Prentice-Hall
  ISBN:       0-13-638677-6


ObOpenDOS:

I picked up a used copy of Borland C++ 2.0 (US$20) to solve my 16-bit
development problems.  Any thoughts?  Suggestions?

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