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MINIX
<operating system> /MIN-ix/ A small {operating system} that is
very similar to {UNIX}. MINIX was written for educational
purposes by Prof. {Andrew S. Tanenbaum} of {Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam}.
MINIX has been written from scratch and contains no AT&T code
-- neither in the {kernel}, the {compiler}, the utilities, nor
the libraries. Although copyrighted by Prentice-Hall, all
{sources}, {binaries} and {documentation} can be obtained via
{Internet} for educational or research purposes.
Current versions as of 1996-11-15:
MINIX 2.0 - {Intel} {CPUs} from {Intel 8088} to {Pentium}
MINIX 1.5 - {Intel}, {Macintosh} ({MacMinix}), {Amiga}, {Atari
ST}, {Sun} {SPARC}.
(http://cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html).
(1997-06-16)