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	Minix is a small microkernel based OS for teaching OS concepts in colleges. Over its life it has been ported to various CPU types and platforms, but as time has gone on it's always come back to the Intel 8086 platform.		Minix is a small [[microkernel]] based [[operating system]] for teaching OS concepts in colleges. Over its life it has been ported to various CPU types and platforms, but as time has gone on it's always come back to the [[Intel 8086]] platform.

	The current version is 3, which can be found at the official Minix web site [http://www.minix3.org/ minix3.org].		The current version is 3, which can be found at the official Minix web site [http://www.minix3.org/ minix3.org].
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	=== Minix 1.5 ===		=== Minix 1.5 ===

	In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:		In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:

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	== root password ==		== root password ==
	The root password is ~~burried~~ in the book but for my sake...
			The root password is buried in the book but for my sake...
	*ast Wachtwoord		*ast Wachtwoord
	*root Geheim		*root Geheim

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

	All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].		All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].
	There is also the official Minix archive [http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ here].		There is also the official Minix archive [http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ here].
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	I'm trying to track down the Bruce Evans Minix-386 stuff.		I'm trying to track down the Bruce Evans Minix-386 stuff.

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Minix 1.5 =

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	== Platforms ==		== Platforms ==

	=== Minix 1.5 ====		=== Minix 1.5 ===
	In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:		In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:

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	Minix is a small microkernel based OS for teaching OS concepts in colleges. Over ~~it's~~ life it has been ported to various CPU types, and platforms, but as time has gone on it's always come back to the ~~intel~~ 8086 platform.		Minix is a small microkernel based OS for teaching OS concepts in colleges. Over its life it has been ported to various CPU types and platforms, but as time has gone on it's always come back to the Intel 8086 platform.

	The current version is 3, which can be found at the official Minix web site [http://www.minix3.org/ minix3.org].		The current version is 3, which can be found at the official Minix web site [http://www.minix3.org/ minix3.org].
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	*80386 (With Bruce Evans patches)		*80386 (With Bruce Evans patches)

	This is the release that interests me most, as it not only supported the most platforms, it was for a while the only cheap way to get a *NIX like OS onto your PC before the rise of Linux, and of course Linux was originaly built from Minix, and used ~~it's~~ filesystem and device nodes..		This is the release that interests me most, as it not only supported the most platforms, it was for a while the only cheap way to get a *NIX like OS onto your PC before the rise of Linux, and of course Linux was originaly built from Minix, and used its filesystem and device nodes..

	== root password ==		== root password ==
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	== Resources ==		== Resources ==
	All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].		All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].
	There is also the official ~~minix~~ archive [http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ here].		There is also the official Minix archive [http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ here].

	I'm trying to track down the Bruce Evans Minix-386 stuff.		I'm trying to track down the Bruce Evans Minix-386 stuff.

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	== Platforms ==		== Platforms ==

			=== Minix 1.5 ====
	In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:		In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:

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	*Sparc		*Sparc
	*[[Mac Minix 1.5.10.7\|Macintosh]]		*[[Mac Minix 1.5.10.7\|Macintosh]]
	*8086		*8086 See [[Installing Minix 1.5 for the 8086]] for more information.
	*80386 (With Bruce Evans patches)		*80386 (With Bruce Evans patches)

			This is the release that interests me most, as it not only supported the most platforms, it was for a while the only cheap way to get a *NIX like OS onto your PC before the rise of Linux, and of course Linux was originaly built from Minix, and used it's filesystem and device nodes..

	== root password ==		== root password ==

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	*[[Mac Minix 1.5.10.7\|Macintosh]]		*[[Mac Minix 1.5.10.7\|Macintosh]]
	*8086		*8086
	*80386		*80386 (With Bruce Evans patches)

			== root password ==
			The root password is burried in the book but for my sake...
			*ast Wachtwoord
			*root Geheim

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

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Platforms

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	*Atari ST		*Atari ST
	*Sparc		*Sparc
	*Macintosh		*[[Mac Minix 1.5.10.7\|Macintosh]]
	*8086		*8086
	*80386		*80386

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Resources

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	== Resources ==		== Resources ==
	All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].		All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].
			There is also the official minix archive [http://www.minix3.org/previous-versions/ here].

			I'm trying to track down the Bruce Evans Minix-386 stuff.

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{{Infobox OS
| name = Minix
| creator = Andy Tanenbaum
| year introduced = 1987
| architecture = Originally [[8086]] was cross-platform.
| type = Time-sharing
| multitasking = Multitasking with paging/swap
}}

Minix is a small microkernel based OS for teaching OS concepts in colleges. Over it's life it has been ported to various CPU types, and platforms, but as time has gone on it's always come back to the intel 8086 platform.

The current version is 3, which can be found at the official Minix web site [http://www.minix3.org/ minix3.org].

== Platforms ==
In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:

*Amiga
*Atari ST
*Sparc
*Macintosh
*8086
*80386

== Resources ==
All kinds of ancient Minix can be found [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Minix/ here].

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