<> 5) You bought Minix. Minix was cheap, and you got source, but <> it was really meant to be a teaching tool. It was well done, <> but extremely limited. (Nevertheless, Tanenbaum's _Operating <> Systems Design and Implementation_ is still an excellent book.) < <Minix 1.3 was very limited. V1.5 was better. 2.0 is better still and MINIX-vmd is supposed to be hot. I finally picked up the book/cd at Boarders for $53. Allison