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MINIX
     
         /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)}.
     
        (1997-06-16)