On Feb 21, 9:44 pm, rat...@cps.cmich.edu wrote:
> Does any one here recall two programs posted to Minix group by some OS
> instructor at Oxford:
> minix-style message passing used to implement a thread managing
> program
> program to analyze minix buffer cache traces (a floppy full traces
> were also posted with it)

I think you may be referring to a series of messages on "Practical
exercises for MINIX class" posted to the Minix-l mailing list by Mike
Spivey on June 11, 1992. There are 5 articles. The URL of the first
one is
http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa...L&P=R1766&I=-3

A month earlier the same author posted two messages on "Practical
classes based around Minix". The URL of the first one is
http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa...L&P=R1020&I=-3

- Al