Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: (I, Dana, wrote:) > > I bet MacMinix (*) would work. I haven't used it. It's very small-- > > with source code, 8 floppies-- and you don't even need a hard drive! > > I think it runs in a MacOS window, so the video should be handled > > automatically. You'll probably want to use vi instead of Emacs, and > > I'm not sure if the C compiler is gcc but I think gcc is available. > > The bad thing about MacMinix is there's no networking. If you really > wanted to go with this approach, I recommend MiNT instead, which is easy > to start up and integrates very well with the MacOS.
I tried to get MacMinix on one of my powerbooks, but unfortunately it doesn't like 32-bit memory addressing! MacOS 7.5 doesn't have a switch to turn it off, and 7.0 doesn't work on my Duo- so I pulled out another Duo with 7.1, but decided to look at MiNT. It doesn't seem to mind 32 bit addressing (woohoo! I can still use more than eight megs!) and everything else seems to work-- after I got it installed. The installation script of the version I have had some problems- it seems to assume that some functions are already there, when they aren't. It isn't an impossible install, I just had to poke around a bit. Like Mac-Minix, it doesn't do TCP/IP. GCC is available, as well as a bunch of other languages (a couple lisps, modula, and others). I restarted my Duo with MacOS 7.1, set 24-bit addressing and restarted, and MacMinix seems to do well. It has a much more complete set of commands (programs) out of the box, and seems nicely Unixy. MiNT seems to be a better choice than MacMinix, unless you want to study the OS code-- Minix was designed to be easy to study and understand, after all. MiNT only seems to be single user. -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
