MINIX ON LX

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• PUT13.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 14.4 KB
• WINI200.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 19.4 KB
• CARDIO.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 10.1 KB
• VECT13.DAT → A:\_DAT configuración 30 B
• BOOT.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 167 B
• POKE001.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 10.5 KB
• POKE004.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 10.5 KB
• BIOS256.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 14.5 KB
• BIOS512.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 14.5 KB
• FINDBT2.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 12.5 KB
• NEWBOOT.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 15.1 KB

No need to put DUBS.HTM, DUBS.TXT, DUBSLETR.TXT, MBOOT1.JPG, MIN4.GIF, MIN5C.JPG, MINIX.TXT, MINIX1.HTM and 10 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 281.9 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. Copy PUT13.EXE, WINI200.EXE, CARDIO.EXE, BOOT.BAT to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
2. Copy VECT13.DAT to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
3. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

install and boot MINIX (for hackers only at this point) -
on a web page (TBD) so that the Internet community can
have access. Then I will announce my accomplishment to
the MINIX and HP Palmtop newsgroups.  I have already done
the hard (PC Card) part; therefore, I am betting that
before too long, we will have the working version we
desire from the Internet community; the memory drivers
for the 32M RAM should follow shortly thereafter.  I
expect that LINIX-86 on the HP200 will become a reality
about the same time.

As I stated in my original e-mail; I have reached the
point of diminishing returns with my MINIX project and am
ready to move on to other challenges - I do not plan on
doing further development right now and that is why I am
ready to turn the project over to the Internet community.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Rich

From: Ed Keefe <75300.3667@compuserve.com>
To: Richard Leslie Dubs, Ph <rld@erols.com>
Subject: MINIX
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 12:54 AM

Rich,

Yes, _I'd_ be very interested in an article describing
what you've accomplished. I've often wondered why someone
hadn't tackled this sooner.
I even considered tackling it myself, but my Unix career
stopped about the same time that CP\M hit the market.
 It would be better if PTP could make an announcement of
a working version of Minix or Linux on the 8086.  With
double speed and 32MB it would be  "coup de compute"  to
our readers who are in the UNIX community. What would you
need to finish the task? Do you have a copy of the
Developer's Guide for the 200LX?
For our readers, most of whom are more interested in
applications than operating systems, the article will
need to answer  questions such as "what does Minix let me
do that I can't already do with the LX?  e.g. will it let
…

Literal excerpt from DUBS.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.