range of computers. MiNT was originally based on a
port of
BSD to
Atari ST computers by Eric R. Smith. MiNT gave the
Atari access to BSD's many network applications. A short
(1992-94) romance between MiNT and
Atari Corp., who decided
unique TOS/Unix hybrid, which provides simultaneous access to
both
GEM and BSD application libraries.
Since MiNT is MultiTOS's kernel, it has kept all the features
described above and, if an
AES replacement is installed, it
can show you a new face of MultiTOS. Unlike MultiTOS however,
MiNT is based on a different
file system, that is faster and
more flexible than TOS's. Furthermore, thanks to the network
that can still run GEM and TOS applications! This has won
MiNT many devotees ("MiNTquisitors"), making it the main
FPU. It needs at least 4 MB of RAM, more to run multiuser
or to run GEM applications at the same time.
(1999-07-20)