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 {CPU}s from Intel 8088 to Pentium
MINIX 1.5 - Intel, Macintosh (MacMinix), Amiga, Atari ST, Sun SPARC.
Home (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html).
