Minix
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| Minix | |
| Type: | Time-sharing |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Andy Tanenbaum |
| Multitasking: | Multitasking with paging/swap |
| Architecture: | Originally 8086 was cross-platform. |
| Date Released: | 1987 |
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 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 here.
