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| Minix, the miniature Unix from Andy Tanenbaum was initially released in 1987 for IBM PC and compatibles. In 1991 it was released for the Atari ST line of computers, in version 1.5, among ports for the Amiga, the 68k-based Macintosh, and the Sun Sparc. In 2000, it was relicensed in a [[http:// | Minix, the miniature Unix from Andy Tanenbaum was initially released in 1987 for IBM PC and compatibles. In 1991 it was released for the Atari ST line of computers, in version 1.5, among ports for the Amiga, the 68k-based Macintosh, and the Sun Sparc. In 2000, it was relicensed in a [[http:// | ||
| - | Minix 1.x was meant to be system call compatible with Research Unix v7, which explains the small size of the distribution ( 8 MB including source code and C compiler ) and the lack of features. Minix 1.5 comes in two flavours, a [[http:// | + | Minix 1.x was meant to be system call compatible with Research Unix v7, which explains the small size of the distribution (8 MB including source code and C compiler) and the lack of features. Minix 1.5 comes in two flavours, a [[http:// |
| As an alternative you could try a recent [[St Mint | FreeMint]] , which is a TOS compatible Unix Clone. | As an alternative you could try a recent [[St Mint | FreeMint]] , which is a TOS compatible Unix Clone. | ||
