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MINIX INFORMATION SHEET
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1. WHAT IS MINIX 1.5
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MINIX 1.5 is a new version of an operating system that is very similar to
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UNIX. MINIX has been written from scratch, and therefore does not contain any
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AT&T code--not in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, or the libraries.
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For this reason it can be made available with the complete source code
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(on diskette). It runs on the IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, 386, and most clones.
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Versions are also available for the Atari ST, Macintosh, and Amiga.
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This version (1.5) is a major improvement over all previous releases, with
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many new features, fewer bugs (hopefully), much better performance, and
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proper documentation. The old versions have been in widespread use all over
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the world for 3 years. There are probably tens of thousands of users.
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2. MINIX 1.5 FEATURES (IBM, Macintosh, Atari, and Amiga versions)
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- System call compatible with V7 of the UNIX operating system
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- Full multiprogramming (multiple programs can run at once)
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- Kernighan and Ritchie compatible C compiler
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- Shell that is functionally identical to the Bourne shell
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- Five editors (emacs subset, vi clone, ex, ed, and simple screen editor)
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- Over 175 utilities (cat, cp, ed, grep, kermit, ls, make, sort, etc.)
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- Over 200 library procedures (atoi, fork, malloc, read, stdio, etc.)
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- Spelling checker with 40,000 word English dictionary
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- Full source code (in C) supplied on diskettes (OS, utilities, libraries)
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- Easy-to-read manual telling all about MINIX and how to install and use it
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3. ADDITIONAL FEATURES
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In addition to the above features, there are other features present in
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some (but not all) versions of MINIX 1.5. Some of these are listed below.
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3.1 ADDITIONAL MINIX 1.5 FEATURES (IBM VERSION):
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- Runs in protected mode on 286 and 386
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- Support for extended memory up to 16M on 286 and 386
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- Up to 3 simultaneous users on one machine
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- RS-232 serial line support with terminal emulation, kermit, zmodem, etc.
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- Distributed computing on Ethernet (remote login, etc.)
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3.2 ADDITIONAL MINIX 1.5 FEATURES (MACINTOSH VERSION):
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- Up to 3 simultaneous users on one machine
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- RS-232 serial line support with terminal emulation, kermit, zmodem, etc.
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- Runs under Multifinder
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- Includes support for multiple user windows
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3.3 ADDITIONAL MINIX 1.5 FEATURES (ATARI ST VERSION)
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- Up to 2 simultaneous users on one machine
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- RS-232 serial line support with terminal emulation, kermit, zmodem, etc.
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- Support for various real time clocks (Mega, BMS, ICD, Supra, Weide)
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4. HARDWARE REQUIRED
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- IBM: PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or 386 that is 100% hardware compatible with
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the IBM line. A hard disk not technically required, but is
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strongly recommended to take full advantage of the system. At
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least 512K of RAM is required, as well as a CGA, EGA,
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monochrome, or Hercules video card, or another card that
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emulates one of these. Both 5.25" and 3.5" diskettes are
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supported, as are printers using the parallel port and modems
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and terminals using the serial port.
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- Macintosh: Apple Macintosh Plus, SE, SE/30, II, IIcx, or IIx with at
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least 1M of RAM. An additional 1M of RAM and a hard disk
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is strongly recommended. MINIX has been tested primarily
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with version 6.0 and latter of the Apple system software.
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Problems may conceivably arise with earlier versions. Any
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hard disk or display that is supported by the normal Macintosh
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OS is also supported by MINIX.
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- Atari: Atari ST or Mega ST with at least 1M of RAM. Although the
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system will boot with only 512K, you will be very restricted
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in what you can do. A 720K diskette drive is required to
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install the software. The older 360K diskette drives are
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supported, but are not capable of reading the (720K)
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distribution disks. A hard disk is supported, but is optional.
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Some of the Supra hard disks are not Atari compatible, which
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can cause problems. A fix is available from the MINIX Centre.
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- Amiga: Commodore Amiga 500 or 2000 with at least 1M of RAM. One 720K
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diskette drive is sufficient. A hard disk is not required
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(or even supported). To use a hard disk with the Amiga,
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someone familiar with how this disk works will have to write
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a driver for it. If this driver is then posted to the net,
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it will be possible to use a hard disk with MINIX on the Amiga.
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5. PARTIAL LIST OF UTILITIES INCLUDED IN MINIX 1.5
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animals ar ascii at atrun backup badblocks banner basename bawk btoa cal cat
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cdiff cgrep chgrp chip chmem chmod chown clr cmp comm compress cp cpdir
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crc cron ctags cut date dd de df dhrystone diff diskcheck dosdir dosread
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doswrite du echo ed elle ex expand expr factor fgrep file find fold fortune
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fsck gather getlf getty grep gres head ic id ifdef indent inodes kill last
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leave ln login look lpr ls m4 machine mail make man mined mkdir mkfs mknod
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modem more mount mref mv nm nroff od passwd paste patch pr prep pretty
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printenv printroot ps pwd readall readfs recover ref rev rm rmdir roff rz
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sed shar size sleep sort spell split strings strip stty su sum sync sz tail
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tar tee term termcap test time touch tr traverse treecmp true tset tsort ttt
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umount unexpand uniq unshar update users uud uue vi vol wc whatsnew whereis
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which who whoami width write
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6. PARTIAL LIST OF LIBRARY FUNCTIONS INCLUDED IN MINIX 1.5
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abort abs access alarm atoi atol bcmp bcopy chmod chown chroot
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ctermid ctime ctype curses cuserid doprintf dup dup2 fgetc fgets fopen
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fork fpathconf fprintf fputc fputs fread freopen fseek fstat ftell
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fwrite getcwd getdents getegid getenv geteuid getgid getutil gtty index
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ioctl isatty kill link lock lrand lsearch lseek malloc memccpy
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memchr memcmp memcpy memmove memset message mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp
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nlist open opendir pathconf pause peekpoke perror rand read readdir
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regexp regsub rename setbuf setgid setjmp setuid signal sleep sprintf
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stat strerror strlen strncat strncmp strncpy strpbrk strrchr strspn
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system telldir termcap time times tmpnam ttyname umask umount
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7. CONTENTS OF MINIX 1.5 REFERENCE MANUAL
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Chap. 1 INTRODUCTION
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Chap. 2 INSTALLING MINIX ON THE IBM PC, XT, AT, 386, AND PS/2
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Chap. 3 INSTALLING MINIX ON THE ATARI S
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Chap. 4 INSTALLING MINIX ON THE COMMODORE AMIGA
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Chap. 5 INSTALLING MINIX ON THE APPLE MACINTOSH
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Chap. 6 USING MINIX
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Chap. 7 RECOMPILING MINIX
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Chap. 8 MANUAL PAGES
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Chap. 9 EXTENDED MAN PAGES
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Chap. 10 SYSTEM CALLS
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Chap. 11 NETWORKING
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App. A MINIX SOURCE CODE LISTING
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App. B CROSS REFERENCE MAP
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8. MINIX BOOK
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The author of MINIX, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, has written a book describing
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how operating systems in general and MINIX in particular work internally.
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The book describes an earlier version (and includes a source listing), but
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it is still useful for understanding how MINIX works inside, even if some
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details are now different. The bibliographic information is:
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Title: Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
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Author: Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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Publisher: Prentice-Hall
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ISBN: 0-13-637406-9
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Paperback versions are also available in English (outside North America only),
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French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. The books can be ordered from any
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bookstore.
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9. MINIX DEMONSTRATION DISKS
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MINIX demonstration disks for the PC line, the Atari, and the Macintosh
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(but for technical reasons, not the Amiga) are available. The IBM and Atari
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versions can be obtained by anonymous FTP over the internet. All three can
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be obtained from Prentice-Hall (see below). The demo disks contained a
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very, very stripped down version of MINIX, just to give an idea of what it
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can do. The demo disk is accompanied by a 30-page manual.
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To get either free demo disk and its manual, use ftp to connect to
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ftp.cs.vu.nl (192.31.231.42) and look in pub/minix. The following files
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are available there:
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READ_ME Description of directory contents
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demo_dsk.ibm 360K MINIX demo disk for Intel CPUs
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demo_dsk.st 720K MINIX demo disk for Atari ST
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manual.ps Demo manual in PostScript form
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manual.txt Demo manual as flat ASCII text
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announcement Description of MINIX and its newsgroup
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Compressed versions of these files (with suffix .Z) are also there.
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AS A COURTESY TO US, PLEASE DO NOT FTP DURING BUSINESS HOURS (EUROPEAN
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TIME). PLEASE FTP AFTER 11 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. ALSO, IF YOU
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ARE ABLE TO UNCOMPRESS FILES, TAKE THE .Z VERSIONS TO SAVE BANDWIDTH.
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10. HOW TO ORDER MINIX 1.5
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MINIX 1.5 is being sold by Prentice-Hall. The product numbers and prices
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are as follows:
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- MINIX 1.5 for the IBM: 5 1/4" (0-13-585076-2) $169
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- MINIX 1.5 for the IBM: 3 1/2" (0-13-585068-1) $169
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- MINIX 1.5 for the Amiga (0-13-585043-6) $169
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- MINIX 1.5 for the Atari (0-13-585035-5) $169
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- MINIX 1.5 for the Macintosh (0-13-585050-9) $169
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- MINIX 1.5 IBM demo disk (0-13-582768-x) $10
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- MINIX 1.5 Macintosh demo disk (0-13-582784-1) $10
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- MINIX 1.5 Atari demo disk (0-13-582792-2) $10
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Sales tax and shipping are extra; Prices are slightly higher outside the U.S.
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All versions include the executable binaries, a detailed manual, the complete
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source code (on diskettes), and an attractively typeset, cross-referenced
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listing of the operating system code.
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P-H is making a big effort to get software stores to keep MINIX in stock.
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The easiest way to order it is to go to a software store and ask them for
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it. If they don't stock it, they can always order it. Alternatively, you
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can order directly by email, FAX, phone, or mail from Prentice-Hall as follows.
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In North America and the Far East
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To order by email: books@prenhall.com
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To order by FAX: (201) 767-5625
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To order by phone: (800) 624-0023 or (201) 767-5969
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To order by mail: Microservice Customer Service
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Simon & Schuster
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200 Old Tappan Road
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Old Tappan, NJ 07675
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In UK/Europe
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To order by email: Not recommended as the email is printed out in the U.S.
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and then sent to England by regular letter
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To order by FAX: Same problem as email
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To order by phone: +44 (442) 231-555 (UK number)
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To order by mail: Order Dept.
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Prentice-Hall International
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66 Wood Lane End
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Hemel Hempstead
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Herts. HP2 4RG ENGLAND
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For email and FAX orders, please include the product name and number, your
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name and address, and your MasterCard or VISA card number and expiration date.
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If you wish delivery by Federal Express (costs extra), please indicate so.
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MINIX can also be ordered from the following addresses:
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In England: The MINIX Center
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Forncett End
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Norwich
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Norfolk NR16 1HT England
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0953-89345
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In Germany: Steve Steinkrauss
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Feldtorweg 24
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D3406 Bovenden 1
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Germany
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In the Benelux: Fred van Kempen
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Postbus 184
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2100 AD Heemstede
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Holland
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Tel: +31 23 287935
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FAX: +31 23 294229
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In Scandinavia: Frank O'Donell
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P.O. Box 88
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1371 Asker
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Norway
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In Spain and Deborah Worth
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Portugal: Appartado Numero 50672
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Madrid
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Spain
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In Italy: Jim Blaho
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Piazza Santo Spirito 17
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50125 Florence
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Italy
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In Greece: Vassilis Zahos
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Kritonos 5-7
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GR 11634 Athens
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Greece
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In Turkey: Atilla Gullu
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Milli Mudafaa Cad 14/7
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Kizilay Ankara
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Turkey
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If you have previously purchased MINIX from Prentice-Hall, you can get
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a discount of $60, but only if you order by mail and include the label from
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the original PH boot disk (or the entire disk) with your letter. Not valid for
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email, phone or FAX orders since you must enclose the original boot disk label
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(not a photocopy). Mail orders can be by credit card or check for $169. You
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will be billed for tax and shipping.
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11. LEGAL STATUS OF MINIX
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Although MINIX is supplied with the complete source code, it is
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copyrighted software. It is not public domain. It is also not like GNU.
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However, the copyright owner, Prentice-Hall has granted permission to bona
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fide universities to copy the software for use in courses and in university
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research projects. It is also permitted for MINIX owners to change the
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software to suit their needs and to distribute diff listings containing
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their changes freely. The shrink-wrap license that comes with MINIX states
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that you may legally make two backup copies of the software. Prentice-Hall
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is being much less strict than other software vendors. Please do not abuse
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this. Companies that wish to embed MINIX in commercial systems or sell
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MINIX-based products should call (212) 753-7753 to discuss licensing terms.
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12. NEWS ABOUT MINIX
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Since its introduction in January 1987, there has been a large an
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active USENET newsgroup about MINIX, comp.os.minix. It currently has
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about 25,000 members. Over 12,000 messages have been posted to this
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group so far. These messages have contained questions, bug reports,
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bug fixes, new software, and diff listings to allow current users to
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update to new releases for free. It is the intention to continue this
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policy into the indefinite future. MINIX users on Bitnet can be put on
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a mailing list by sending mail to: info-minix-request@udel.edu. Various
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archives store newsgroup traffic for newcomers to the newsgroup.
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13. FUTURE PLANS
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The major current project is bringing MINIX into conformance with
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the IEEE POSIX P1003.1 and P1003.2 standards. This will (hopefully)
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occur with V2.0, perhaps in 1992. V2.0 will also be provided with an
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ANSI C compiler. Various people are currently working on 32-bit versions
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of MINIX for the 386, and numerous other projects. To keep up, subscribe
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to the comp.os.minix newsgroup.
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14. WHERE CAN I GET PAST POSTINGS AND PROGRAMS?
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Many sites keep archives of MINIX-related material, ranging from
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archives of articles posted to more organized repositories of programs posted
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to the net. The complete MINIX distribution is NOT (repeat NOT) available
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from any online archive. This is not permitted. Only the newsgroup traffic is
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stored there.
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List Archives:
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bugs.nosc.mil Current
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louie.udel.edu July '87 - Dec '89 (?)
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vm1.nodak.edu Current year
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Formal Archives (MINIX sources):
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James Madison University
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aerospace.aero.org
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atari.archive.umich.edu
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ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au
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ccb.ucsf.edu
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chx400.switch.ch
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ditmela.mel.dit.csiro.au
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doc.ic.ac.uk
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dsrgsun.ces.cwru.edu
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el.ecn.purcue.edu
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en.ecn.purdue.edu
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extro.ucc.su.oz.au
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funet.fi
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hobbes.cs.umd.edu
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hpserv1.uit.no
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hub.cs.jmu.edu
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The Mars Hotel BBS
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NL-MUG
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plains.nodak.edu
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sauna.hut.fi -R pub/minix
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sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au -R pub/minix
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so.cs.ruu.nl -R pub/ATARI-ST/minix
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star.cs.vu.nl -R pub/sreiz/minix
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suned.zoo.cs.yale.edu . src/bin/zip
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ux.acs.umn.edu -R pub/Minix
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wuarchive.wustl.edu -R mirrors/misc/minix
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14.1. File Transfer on the Internet
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If you are on the Internet, you can get files from many places with the
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file transfer protocol ("FTP"). When connecting to the host system, use
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the user-name "anonymous" and any password. Most systems will ask for your
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"ident" as a password. It is considered good etiquette to use either your
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login name or mail address when asked. Once connected, look for a "README"
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file which should give further information about the archive.
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Consult your local documentation on the use of your FTP application
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program (generally called "ftp"). Please be nice to the FTP sites by
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restricting your use to non-business hours.
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The following sites provide Anonymous FTP
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James Madison University [134.126.20.10] directory pub/minix
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aerospace.aero.org [130.221.192.10] directory pub/minix
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atari.archive.umich.edu [141.211.164.8] directory atari/Minix
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ST upgrade kits, ST programs (GNU tools)
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This site has a mail server, atari@atari.archive.umich.edu
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bugs.nosc.mil [128.49.16.1] directory pub/MINIX
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comp.os.minix archives, PC, ST upgrade kits, MINIX-PC programs
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ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au [131.236.1.2]
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Email addresses of comp.os.minix posters, clam, etc.
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dsrgsun.ces.cwru.edu [129.22.16.2] directory pub/minix
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MINIX-ST programs (many GNU tools)
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en.ecn.purdue.edu [128.46.129.59] directory pub/minix
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UUCP, 8088 Floading Point
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funet.fi [128.214.1.1]
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hobbes.cs.umd.edu [128.8.128.41] directory minix
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copies of oz-utils: MINIX-PC
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hub.cs.jmu.edu [134.126.20.10] directory pub/minix
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MINIX-PC hd-boot package
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louie.udel.edu [128.175.1.3, 128.175.2.33] directory info-minix
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comp.os.minix archives (July '87 - Dec '89)
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plains.nodak.edu [134.129.111.64] directory pub/MINIX
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PC, ST upgrade kits, MINIX-PC & ST programs
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also has a mail server, archive-server@plains.nodak.edu.
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sauna.hut.fi [130.233.192.1, 130.233.200.1] directory pub/minix
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sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.40.3] directory pub/minix
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PC upgrade kits, MINIX-PC programs (oz-utils)
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sol.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5] directory pub/ATARI-ST/minix
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star.cs.vu.nl [192.31.231.42] directory pub/sreiz/minix
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suned.zoo.cs.yale.edu [128.36.21.1] directory src/bin/zip
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ux.acs.umn.edu [128.101.63.2] directory pub/Minix
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vm1.nodak.edu [134.129.111.1] directory minix-l
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this site has a mail server, listserv@vm1.noak.edu
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comp.os.minix archives (current and past year)
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wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] directory mirrors/misc/minix
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14.2. Mail Servers
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Some archive sites provide access to their archives with a server program
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that responds to commands mailed to it.
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14.2.1. doc.ic.ac.uk
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An archive of the worthwhile postings from the comp.os.minix newsgroup is
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available from uk.ac.ic.doc either via mail or by GUEST niftp. For details
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about how to access this service send a mail message with NO Subject: field
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to:
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info-server@uk.ac.ic.doc
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and a message body of:
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request catalogue
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topic minix
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request end
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This will mail you back details of the various ways to obtain the files.
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This service is only available inside the UK. We have no funds to send
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such mail internationally.
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This archive service is run by Lee McLoughlin.
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Janet: lmcl@uk.ac.ukc, lmjm@uk.ac.ic.doc
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DARPA: lmjm%uk.ac.ic.doc@ucl-cs
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Uucp: lmjm@icdoc.UUCP, ukc!icdoc!lmjm
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14.2.2. NL-MUG
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This archive is temporarily unavailable.
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14.2.3. plains.nodak.edu
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An archive of MINIX upgrades and other interesting files are kept in a
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manually-maintained archive on Plains.NoDak.edu [134.129.111.64].
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For those not fortunate enough to be on the Internet itself, we run the
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Clarkson server to process mail requests. This is an extremely versatile
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program, that allows various encoding formats (btoa, uuencode), compression
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(compress, arc, zoo) and splitting of large files. The server has been
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customized to send HELP and Index files at any time, and all other files
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between 23:00 and 08:00 local time. If you submit a request that contains
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*any* file that is not a Help or Index file, the entire request is queued
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until late night (currently 23:00 local time, but that may be moved to
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earlier hours of the morning if it proves to be a large load on the system).
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The addresses for the server are:
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archive-server@plains.nodak.edu
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{umn-cs, ogicse, uunet}!plains!archive-server (UUCP)
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fileserv@plains (Bitnet)
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Note to Bitnet people: this server is not 'logged on' to the machine, so
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you cannot send it interactive messages. The 'fileserv' alias was added
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for those of you who do not run the Croswell mailer, but you must still use
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something that is detectable as mail (such as a NOTE). Bitnet files will
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drop into our bit bucket, unprocessed, since there is no real user by either
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of these names.
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To obtain a list of the files, the INDEX command is used:
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index [ <directory> ]
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where <directory> is a directory under our ~ftp/pub login(empty for the
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main directory). There are several other directories of programs for
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microcomputers, current volumes for comp.sources.* and some of the Free
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Software Foundation's products.
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The SEND command is used for having files sent to you, such as in:
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send MINIX/doc/Info_Sheet
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That file is a copy of the monthly "MINIX Information Sheet" posting. The
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MINIX Compatibility Report is available in the file "MINIX/doc/Compatibility".
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There are many more options for having your files compressed (note: most
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files in these directories already have been compressed with 13-bit
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compression), uuencoded, split, and so on. To obtain more information on
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the server, send the command:
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help
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and you will be enlightened. The server accepts commands in mixed case, but
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all directory/file names are case significant (just like MINIX).
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This archive is maintained by Glen Overby, <minix@plains.nodak.edu>, at
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North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND USA (46 52 N / 96 48 W city)
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14.2.4. vm1.nodak.edu
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North Dakota State University is the host site for distribution of the
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info-minix mailing list (also known as minix-l), which is bidirectionally
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gatewayed to the Usenet group Comp.os.minix. We maintain archives of all
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list traffic from within the past year or so (depending on space availability).
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Archives are available via Anonymous FTP on the Internet, and LIST-SERV
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file requests from other networks.
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Our server is:
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Internet: listserv@vm1.NoDak.EDU [134.129.111.1]
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Bitnet: listserv@ndsuvm1
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UUCP: psuvax1!ndsuvm1.bitnet!listserv
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uunet!plains!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
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If you do not have Internet access, you may request files be sent to you by
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our LISTSERV file server by sending it commands in the body of a mail message.
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To obtain a list of the files, the INDEX command is used:
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INDEX MINIX-L
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The GET command will instruct LISTSERV to send you a file, such as:
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get minix-l LOG9005A minix-l
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to get the file "MINIX-L LOG9005A" from the directory "MINIX-L". The
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filename tells what year, month, and week it is from:
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MINIX-L LOGyymmw
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where "yy" is the year, "mm" is the numeric month and "w" is an alphabetic
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character from A to E indicating what week of the month. Several months of
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log files are kept on-line, the number depending on disk space availability.
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Due to the 80-character per line (punched card) limit on Bitnet mail, many
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of the files will be shipped using an encoding scheme that allows logical
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lines to be split up into many physical lines. On Bitnet, this is normally
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the IBM "DISK DUMP" or "NETDATA" format, and for ther networks it is "List-
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serv Punch".
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Listserv Punch was designed by Listserv's author and is designed to send
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files with lines longer than 80 characters thru the Bitnet gateways. A
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special program to decode the file once it has arrived at your site.
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Information on obtaining a program to decode listserv punch format is sent
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with each encoded file.
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If you would rather have a file sent to you uuencoded, you may specify
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that in your GET command:
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get minix info minix f=uuencode
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please note that the file, once decoded, will be in EBCDIC!
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SEARCHING THE MAILING LIST LOGS WITH LISTSERV
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If you are looking for a specific article, or set of articles, you can
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perform searches on this directory using the Database functions of Listserv.
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For example, to obtain a "Subject" index of the MINIX-L archives, send the
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listserv a file or mail with the following "job" in the message body:
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// JOB Echo=No
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Database Search DD=Rules
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//Rules DD *
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search * in minix-l since 90/04/01
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index
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and you will be sent a file containing all of the 'Subject:' lines sent to
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the mailing list since December 1, 1989. If you wish to request one or
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more items, replace the 'index' line in the above job with "print [ref-num]",
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where "refnum" is the reference number from the index listing. Documentation
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on this and other database functions is available by sending the command
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"INFO DATABASE" to the listserv.
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To obtain more information on the listserv, send the command:
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INFO ?
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and you will be enlightened with a list of available documentation on using
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LISTSERV.
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This archive is automatically maintained by the list server. If you have
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questions, contact Glen Overby, <minix@plains.nodak.edu>, at North Dakota
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State University, Fargo, ND USA (46 52 N / 96 48 W city)
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14.3. Publicly accessable Bulletin Boards
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For people without a network connection, there is a PC-based Electronic
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Bulletin Board System (BBS) that has carried the traffic of Usenet's
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Comp.os.minix steadily since August, 1987 as well as a formal MINIX archive.
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The BBS is not a true gateway to Usenet, like some Fidonet nodes are;
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rather it is a "delivery service" whereby new comp.os.minix articles are
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gathered daily and posted as messages on the BBS. Long articles are
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automatically ARC'ed and posted to the file area for downloading. Raw traffic
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is kept for about 2 months.
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Once a month the articles of lasting interest from the previous month are
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saved into several ARC files, all less than 100K, to make downloading
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easier. For any given month, the index of articles is in MNXyymmA.ARC, and
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the actual articles start in MNXyymmB.ARC. You can just download the index,
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then download the ARC files that contain articles of interest to you.
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A complete index is always in MNXINDEX.ARC.
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Call:
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The Mars Hotel BBS, (301)277-9408 (PC-Pursuitable)
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300,1200,2400 baud, 8,n,1.
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No registration required, no donations accepted.
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Everyone gets 60 minutes/day.
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No upload/download ratios (but don't be a jerk!)
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Spread the word to those without net access.
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This BBS is run by James da Silva.
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UUCP: uunet!mimsy!jds Internet: jds@mimsy.umd.edu
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NLMUG-ONLINE ("minixug"), (02522) 18363 in Holland.
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300,1200,2400 baud, 8,n,1.
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No registration required, no donations accepted.
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Everyone gets 60 minutes/day.
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No upload/download ratios (but don't be a jerk!)
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This BBS is run by Fred van Kempen <waltje@minixug.mugnet.org>
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