Well, let's say my interest is mostly academic, at least at this stage. The biggest hurdle will be to get a proper kernel running.
From a practical point of view, Minix is interesting because it has a micro-kernel architecture, contrary to most UNIX versions out there which run on the Mac (and not) namely: OS X, NetBSD, A/UX. This means it's designed to be very flexible and modular (for example, you can change file system by simply changing the file system module, without needing to recompile the whole kernel.)
The advantages with respect to MacOS would be many, just to name two:
1) pre-emptive multi-tasking with proper memory protection; MacOS 6 and 7 do not really use all the power of the 68030 processor.
2) Minix has a more or less standard UNIX interface (originally it was UNIX V6, later it was decided to support POSIX) which means that a lot of software would be available from the start.
From a practical point of view, Minix is interesting because it has a micro-kernel architecture, contrary to most UNIX versions out there which run on the Mac (and not) namely: OS X, NetBSD, A/UX. This means it's designed to be very flexible and modular (for example, you can change file system by simply changing the file system module, without needing to recompile the whole kernel.)
The advantages with respect to MacOS would be many, just to name two:
1) pre-emptive multi-tasking with proper memory protection; MacOS 6 and 7 do not really use all the power of the 68030 processor.
2) Minix has a more or less standard UNIX interface (originally it was UNIX V6, later it was decided to support POSIX) which means that a lot of software would be available from the start.