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	MINIX goes open source
		MINIX author Andy Tanenbaum says "MINIX is much smaller than Linux and might well be suitable as the operating system for a watch, camera, or transistor radio." MINIX source code has just been released under terms equivalent to the "BSD license", according to a letter posted by Tanenbaum at Deja.com.
		MINIX is much smaller than Linux and might well be suitable as the operating system for a watch, camera, or transistor radio.
		Minix was originally developed by Andrew Tanenbaum as a tool for teaching operating systems principles.
	www.linuxdevices.com /news/NS2755841532.html (541 words)

	Minix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		MINIX version 1.5 was also ported to the Motorola 68000 CPU, which allowed compatibility with such popular computer platforms as Atari ST, Amiga, Apple Macintosh.
		MINIX version 3 was publicly announced on 24 October 2005 by Andrew Tanenbaum during his keynote speech at the ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles conference.
		Although Tanenbaum wished for MINIX to be as accessible as possible to students, his publisher was not prepared to offer material (such as the source code) that could be copied freely, so a restrictive license requiring a nominal fee (included in the price of Tanenbaum's book) was applied as a compromise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minix (662 words)

	Minix - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Minix was written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands as an example in the textbook Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, ISBN 0-13-637331-3.
		Minix was designed to run on IBM PC and IBM PC/AT computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
		Linux was influenced by Minix (Linus Torvalds was familiar with it and used it as a development tool), but departs in many ways from the Minix architecture, especially its use of a monolithic kernel instead of a microkernel.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Minix (563 words)

	MINIX file system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minix file system is the native file system of the Minix operating system.
		Minix was written from scratch by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in the 1980s, as a Unix-like operating system whose source code could be used freely in education.
		The Minix file system was designed for use with Minix; it copies the basic structure of the Unix File System but avoids any complex features in the interest of keeping the source code clean, clear and simple, to meet the overall goal of Minix to be a useful teaching aid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minix_file_system (437 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		MINIX is being transformed into a distributed operating system by adding four components to the basic operating system.
		MINIX is widely used on the IBM PC, and has now been ported to the Atari ST and Mega ST. Unlike the UNIX system itself, MINIX comes complete with all the source code.
		MINIX, well documented in Tanenbaum's book `Operating Systems: Design and Implementation', runs on IBM PC XT, AT and compatibles, and is indistinguishable to the user from Unix 7, except for the absence of certain commands.
	www.math.utah.edu:8080 /pub/tex/bib/minix.bib (3610 words)

	Appendix A - The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate
		MINIX may well be designed as a microkernel system, but in the end you still end up with a large monolithic chunk of binary data that gets loaded in as "the OS".
		Minix is good because it is portable/Micro-Kernal/etc. Linux is not good because it is monolithic/tightly tied to Intel/etc. That is not a strange attitude for someone in the acedemic world, but it is not something you should expect to be universally shared.
		The minix copyright, however, means that if someone feels he could make a better minix, he either has to make patches (which aren't that great whatever you say about them) or start off from scratch (and be attacked because you have other ideals).
	www.oreilly.com /catalog/opensources/book/appa.html (13146 words)

	MINIX: what is it, and why is it still relevant?
		MINIX, as originated by Andy Tanenbaum, is an operating system that has its roots and heart in academia as a tool that teaches you how kernels really should work.
		MINIX 2 was released in 1997 with the next edition of Andy Tanenbaum and Albert S Woodhull’s book.
		MINIX 3 runs on 386, 486, or Pentiums or compatible CPUs, and can be installed on a system with as little as 50MB of disk space and 8MB of ram.
	www.freesoftwaremagazine.com /articles/minix (2965 words)

	MINIX 3.0 Released - OSNews.com
		MINIX 1 and 2 were intended as teaching tools; MINIX 3 adds the new goal of being usable as a serious system on resource-limited and embedded computers and for applications requiring high reliability." Read on for more information.
		MINIX 3.0 is released under a BSD-like license, and can be freely downloaded, altered, and so forth.
		As a result of MINIX being a microkernel, that part of the kernel that lives in kernelspace consists of only 3800 lines of code.
	www.osnews.com /story.php?news_id=12381 (563 words)

	Trusted MINIX: A Worked Example (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		MINIX is a small UNIX-like operating system for the PC/AT workstation, originally developed by Andrew Tanenbaum as a teaching tool for operating systems classes.
		MINIX [2] is a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system designed to be compatible with UNIX (Version 7) from the user's perspective, but with a more modular internal structure, and with widely available, published source code.
		Trusted MINIX also provides individual accountability by requiring proper identification and authentication of the user before giving access to the system, and by providing the capability for a privileged user to audit security-relevant events within the system.
	www.escom.com /papers/tminix.html (4605 words)

	Virtually Minix: A Tutorial & Intro to Minix on XP via Bochs - OSNews.com
		What threw me over the edge and got me to exploring Minix on Bochs was the article that OSNews linked to at CNET News, by Stephen Shankland - Is Torvalds really the father of Linux This article reported on the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution report, which suggested that more credit should be given to Minix.
		The Minix source code was included in the book, Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, by Andrew Tanenbaum, a classic of modern technical literature, for free.
		Minix is Unix-like and therefore Linux-like, and yet, it differs considerably in it's architecture.
	www.osnews.com /story.php?news_id=7303 (963 words)

	RT-MINIX:
		It is an excellent source for practice in educational institutions and research centers, as Minix OS kernel is thoroughly documented in Andrew Tanenbaum's books, and the source code is available for everyone with a copy of the book.
		The release archive is available for installation and use under MINIX 2.0.0.
		It may be used and distributed according to the terms of the MINIX License, incorporated herein by reference.
	www.sce.carleton.ca /faculty/wainer/rt-minix/rt-minix.html (1182 words)

	Minix Information Sheet (Last Changed: 14 June 1995)
		MINIX has been written from scratch, and therefore does not contain any ATandT code--not in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, or the libraries.
		It is also permitted for MINIX owners to change the software to suit their needs and to distribute diff listings containing their changes freely.
		MINIX users on Bitnet can be put on a mailing list by sending mail to: info-minix-request@udel.edu.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/minix-info (3143 words)

	LWN: Minix 3 hits the net
		Minix has been somewhat overshadowed by Linux, but it is far from gone.
		Yes, minix was totally closed (as in AST would not accept patches for it) in the beginning because AST said he wanted to keep it simple for his OS book/class.
		I believe damage caused by (a) is contained because Minix runs drivers in their own address space, and (b) can almost always be fixed by resetting the device and reloading the driver.
	lwn.net /Articles/156828 (3817 words)

	Minix on the Net Informations \| Information Sheet 2.0
		Minix is a free Unix clone that is available with all the source code.
		MINIX 2.0 can be compiled in either 16-bit mode or 32-mode, depending on compile time flags.
		In addition to running Minix on a bare Intel CPU, it is also possible to run it on a simulator (i.e., a 386 interpreter) called Bochs.
	www.disi.unige.it /person/DoderoG/minix/info-20.htm (733 words)

	Minix-vmd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Minix-vmd is the result of a two person effort to adapt Minix to their likings.
		Minix is a small educational UNIX-like system created by Andy Tanenbaum.
		The Minix license changed in April 2000, and applies retroactively to all previous Minix and Minix-vmd distributions, even though they still carry the old, more restrictive license within.
	www.minix-vmd.org /pub/Minix-vmd (357 words)

	Brad's MacMinix Page
		Andrew Tanenbaum, the original author of MINIX kept many features out of MINIX that were being offered to him by various developers, because his intention was to keep MINIX simple.
		MINIX on Virtual PC People have reported successing running MINIX (For Intel PC's) on top of Virtual PC, although there were some issues reported.
		MINIX: Andrew Tanenbaum is the author of MINIX.
	www.pliner.com /macminix (2085 words)

	Planet Mirror - minix - Minix OS - 2.0.4 - download now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		MINIX really requires at least two partitions however, so the single "primary" partition is split into two or three subpartitions.
		MINIX does not use drive letters, but requires that one file system is made a part of another file system by "mounting" one on the other.
		MINIX must be told to flush the modified data in the file system cache first.
	public.planetmirror.com /pub/minix/2.0.4 (16984 words)

	MINIX 3 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		To follow MINIX 3 developments in detail, subscribe to the newsgroup: comp.os.minix.
		It's running on a MINIX 3 machine, the first one that can be said to be in production use, here at the VU at least, albeit experimentally.
		This page will be used for communicating major news items about MINIX 3, but for day-to-day discussions, use comp.os.minix.
	www.minix3.org /news (1344 words)

	Minix SMP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Minix SMP is a version of Minix extended to multiprocessor Intel architecture to work as a symmetrical multiprocessor OS.
		Please, note that most of files in the package are original Minix 2.0.0 kernel sources with some modifications and additions, but you also need the rest of kernel source files in order to compile.
		Minix 2.0 is included in a CD-ROM with the book.
	gsd.unex.es /projects/minixsmp (223 words)

	MINIX Frequently Asked Questions (Last Changed: 03 March 1995) FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Minix 1.5.10/PC runs on 80286 and 80386 systems using 80286 protected mode (so all your memory is used for programs, rather than as bank- switched memory "windows" or a big RAM disk).
		They all put the image to be booted from into a normal file on a Minix file system and change the boot block, so that it can read a file from a Minix FS and start it.
		Minix counts memory in 256 byte units and uses a 16-bit variable to do this.
	www.non.com /news.answers/minix-faq.html (2306 words)

	UNIX MINIX information
		MINIX is a free Unix clone written from scratch and does not contain any ATandT code and for this reason the source code is also available.
		Due to its small size, microkernal-based design and simple documentation, it is well suited to people who want to run a Unix-like system on their personal computer.
		The two versions of MINIX still commonly used and found are:
	www.computerhope.com /unix/minix.htm (109 words)

	MINIX CARS
		MINIX plastic model cars and other MINIX vehicles and accessories were manufactured by Tri-ang Rovex at their Margate, Kent, UK factory from 1964 onwards.
		All of the vehicles were made to OO-scale (1/76) with the sole exception of the AEC-Strachans bus which was approximately 1/135.
		The reason for this exception was to enable this model to fit the "sparking plug" box in which the individual models were sold.
	uk.geocities.com /minixcars (159 words)

	Running Minix, ECS150 W05
		Minix is a Unix-like operating system written specifically for the purpose of teaching computer science students about operating systems.
		Thus, the features available in Minix are not as rich as those available in other, modern operating systems, but the source code is relatively small and relatively easy to understand.
		With the modifications you may be making to the Minix kernel, it is likely you may have to reinstall Minix (and thus will lose any files not backed up to a physical or virtual floppy).
	wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu /~culpeppe/ta/ecs150-w05 (2054 words)

	MINIX from FOLDOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		MINIX was written for educational purposes by Prof.
		MINIX has been written from scratch and contains no ATandT code -- neither in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, nor the libraries.
		MINIX 1.5 - Intel, Macintosh (MacMinix), Amiga, Atari ST, Sun SPARC.
	www.instantweb.com /D/dictionary/foldoc.cgi?MINIX (116 words)

	Solaris MINIX \| Archive \| Research \| CSSE \| UC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Solaris MINIX (smx) is a version of MINIX 2.0.0 that has been ported (by Paul Ashton and Peter Smith) to run as a SunOS process.
		More information on Solaris MINIX, details on how to download it, are given in the standard smx blurb.
		The fact that SunOS MINIX is hosted under SunOS has enabled a sophisticated set of monitoring tools to be implemented under SunOS.
	www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz /research/archive/minix (314 words)

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