< operating system > /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 .
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(1997-06-16)