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- From: bf795@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James Abendschan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: Re: estdio, MacMinix.
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:07:01 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <19930124.184139.871@almaden.ibm.com>
- Reply-To: bf795@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James Abendschan)
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-
- In a previous article, glalonde@vnet.ibm.com (Glen Lalonde 448-4278)) says:
-
- >Will estdio work on M68K system? I recall hearing from one person he had
- >it working, but that it was not officially support/no instructions.
-
- Hmm.. how much tweaking did he have to do to get it working? I'd be
- interested in hearing his story.
-
- >
- >The last I heard, the next update to macminix will use the comm toolbox
- >for the windows, thus you get cut/paste and scroll back.
-
- The communications toolbox for the windows? I'm a little fuzzy on
- that.. The comm. toolbox to increase the # of ttys.. is that what you
- meant? Cut+paste+scrollback sounds Very Nice Indeed. I'm ready for
- that. :)
-
- >
- >As for file IO, I had a 10 line hack that simply caused MacMinix to call
- >the Mac device driver rather than using a file for the fileSystem. I will
- >try it again and see if it speeds things up. Last time I tried it was on
- >a mac+ with a floppy, BIG damger hear, since it calls the driver directly
- >and thus a bad sector no will trash the mac part of the disk. Then again
- >it might be faster, and I have minix on a HD by itself.
-
- Hmm.. well, test it, post it, whatever.. anything short of a CPU upgrade
- to get the exec running faster!
-
- >
- >More later...
- >
-
- I'll be watching..
-
- -- james
-