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   On 8/27/14 9:56 AM, Adam Klobukowski wrote:   
   > W dniu środa, 27 sierpnia 2014 16:06:31 UTC+2 użytkownik Ken Springer   
   napisał:   
   >   
   >> Hmmmm, I never tried MiNT, but I thought is was developed by an   
   >> individual, can't remember the name, and also thought it was a Linux   
   >> offshoot for the 68000 processor.  I remember reading how people took   
   >> the name and said Mint is Not Tos.  Then Atari purchased it, and it be   
   >> came Mint is Now Tos.   
   >>   
   >> Well...  I was wrong about it being a Linux offshoot.  Looked in my   
   >> Atari Compendium, and MiNT is an extension to GEMDOS that allows GEMDOS   
   >> to multitask under MultiTOS.  MultiTOS allows you to access and create   
   >> alternative filesystems.   
   >   
   > This is wrong.   
   >   
   > MiNT (FreeMiNT) is an operating system kernel that replaces GEMDOS, most of   
   BIOS and some parts XBIOS. Originally,   
    > > MiNT + special version of AES (by Atari) formed MultiTOS. It was   
   slow and buggy, but it worked.   
   >   
   > It is MiNT that allows using filesystems like Minix, ext2 or NFS.   
   >   
   > Today you can use FreeMiNT kernel with Xaaes (AES developed from scratch,   
   much better then original Atari AES).   
   >   
   > AdamK   
   >   
      
   I stand corrected.   :-)   
      
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