Mac Minix 1.5.10.7
Back in the Minix 1.5 cycle, Minix did make it's appearance on the Macintosh platform.
Requirements
A Macintosh, with a hard disk.
What runs
Like all Minix of the time, software had to be ported to it specifically. But like Coherent it was cheap, so lots of things were ported to it.
Getting this to run
Well first, you'll need a running Macintosh. You can also use an emulator, I'd recommend Mini vMac as it's quick to setup, and fast.
- Download MacMinix_1.5.10.7.sea.hqx
- Use HFVExplorer to create a disk image of at least 20 MB, then copy the MacMinix hqx file into your disk image.
Now boot up your Macintosh, and you can run the archive, as HFVCopy will have decoded the self extracting archive. Depending on your machine, or emulator this can take several minutes. (Mini vMac users will want to make sure background processing is turned on, otherwise alt-tabbing away will halt the emulator).
I've installed mine in a folder, then just created an alias of the MacBoot program, then just placed that on the desktop. By default it seems to grab 2MB of ram, then divide that up for the OS, Ram disk, and then programs.
Launching MacBoot, you should be greeted with a login prompt. The root password is "Geheim".
