mint

adj : as if new; "in mint condition" [syn: {mint(a)}]

n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:

"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of

money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal},

{flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot},

{mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty},

{pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},

{stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]

2: any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic

leaves and small mauve flowers

3: the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

4: a candy that is flavored with a mint oil [syn: {mint candy}]

v : of coins [syn: {coin}, {strike}]

MiNT

(MinT is not TOS - a {recursive acronym}) A

freeware, {open source operating system} for the {Atari ST}

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

to convert the system to the {MultiTOS} {kernel}, produced a

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

support, MiNT allows an Atari to be an {Internet} {server}

that can still run GEM and TOS applications! This has won

MiNT many devotees ("MiNTquisitors"), making it the main

competitor for {ASH}'s {MagiC}.

Unlike {Linux}, MiNT can run on a {Motorola 68000} with no

{FPU}. It needs at least 4 MB of RAM, more to run multiuser

or to run GEM applications at the same time.

{(http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~conradus/docs/mint.html)}.

(1999-07-20)