14 Nov
2005
14 Nov
'05
3:38 p.m.
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:12:55 -0700
woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Bert Thomas wrote:
Well I *had* the 1st book. No compiler source!! I have not looked at
it for a long time.
Any how my stack on this homebrew is strange. It builds up from
nnn0000 (octal) and
is only 4kb max. If you figure the ACK compiler can handle that I might
consider porting
it. Oh yah a stack frame is only about 48 words.
It's not licence-bound to a book the way earlier versions were. You can download
Minix from their website at no cost at all.
http://minix1.hampshire.edu/
or
http://www.minix3.org/
of source
to a small machine. Minux was a nice try but it lacked a C
Compiler. Small C went
Minix does not only include a C compiler, it now even includes the
sources of its C compiler. The compiler is called the ACK compiler,
short for Amsterdam Compiler Kit.
From version 3 onwards, drivers are supposed to
run in userland. This
has to lead to an extremely reliable OS. There are lots of (other)
improvements made to version 3.
I guess I may need to buy a new book! :)