In article <15774@star.cs.vu.nl>, philip@cs.vu.nl (Philip Homburg) writes:
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> 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 :)
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> 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
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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.

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> for 1.6.34 were very small.
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>                                               Philip Homburg
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> 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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