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- From: pingel@sscvx1.ssc.gov (John Pingel)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: Questions for MacMinix Users/Hackers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.191754.20397@sunova.ssc.gov>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 19:17:54 GMT
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- Organization: SSC Laboratory, Dallas Texas
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- MacMinix Users:
-
- I am interested in using UNIX programming tools on my old MacII at
- home.
- I use A/UX 3.0 on my Mac at work; however, I rather not put A/UX on my
- MacII
- just yet (i.e. I need to add more memory and upgrade to Apple's FDHD Super
- Floppy drive and ROM kit).
-
- I'm primarily interested in learning to use the following programming
- tools:
- languages: gcc v2.x, gdb, libg++,
- scripting: awk, pearl
- shells: sh, csh, ksh, bash, tcsh
- editors: vi, emacs
- misc: other gnu tools (i.e.
- grep,fileutils,binutils,shellutils)
-
- 1. Can MacMinix support the above tools? If so, which version of the
- tool.
-
- 2. When one tries to port software tools that are based on SystemV or BSD
- to
- Minix (UNIX System 7), what are the usual snags in porting the
- software.
- Is it mainly just the difference in UNIX OS calls, the C standard
- libraries, or the upper level services of the Minix OS.
-
- 3. What are the functional differences/improvements between Minix v1.5.10
- and v1.6.23? What's the official/un-official status of MacMinix being
- reved upto v1.6.23?
-
- 4. What's the status of the Posix complient version of Minix (v2.0)? Is
- it
- going to be another year before it is released?
-
- 5. What is the absolute minimum physical memory needed to run MacMinix
- under
- MacOS v7.0 or v7.1? (2Meg?)
-
- 6. What is the prefered minimum physical memory needed to run MacMinix
- under
- MacOS v7.0 or v7.1? (4Meg,5Meg,8Meg)
-
- 7. How does memory management work under MacMinix. Does the MacMinix
- kernel
- provide individual Minix processes with "virtual memory" , or does the
- MacMinix kernel just provide Minix process with memory that's available
- to the MacMinix Macintosh application from Multifinder?
-
- 8. Does MacMinix need its own partion and file system, or does it directly
- use the Mac's file system where each Minix file is stored as a separate
- Mac file?
-
- 9. How much disk space does the MacMinix 1.5.x distribution take up?
-
- 10. When MacMinix is running under MacOS v7.0 how fast or slow is the
- response to the command line (sh), editors (e.g. vi,emacs), and
- compilers
- (e.g. bcc, gcc). In other words, is it usable or even "fun" to use?
-
- 11. Is there a list of email addresses of MacMinix users/hackers and
- developer(s) (i.e. the guy(s) that did the original port)?
-
- Please send any replies to my Internet E-mail address; I'll post a
- summary of
- the responses that I get.
-
- Thanks for Any Info,
- John Pingel
-
- P.S. I did check the contents of "Minix Information Sheet" and the
- "Minix FAQ", but most of the questions above were not fully answered.
- I'll gladly take any info you got on how MacMinix works/performs on
- the Mac under System 7. Please mention any caveats.
-
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