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What are the major changes to MINIX 2.0 compared to MINIX 1.0?

April 26, 2017changes minix

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What are the major changes to MINIX 2.0 compared to MINIX 1.0?

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There are many. A few of them are: – It now runs well on machines ranging from the 8088 to Pentium Pro – A wide range of peripheral devices are supported – On 386s and above it runs in 32-bit protected mode – The file system can now handle gigabyte disks – TCP/IP networking has been added for Ethernets – Every copy of the OSDI book contains a CD-ROM with all of MINIX – Minix 2.0 is a modern POSIX-compliant system; Mini 1.