A silly question? Why does Minix require an AT controller?

[Harold Tomlinson]

Perhaps I'm wrong... (won't be the first time), but I've been given
the impression that Minix won't run on my AT because I have a hard-drive
which only has an 8-bit controller. Now if that's true, how can Minix run
on a PC? You don't expect to get a 16bit bus in a PC do you?

If it doesn't require that, then why does my XT controller by Western
Digital not work with Minix? It appears to die the same death as my hard-
card.

Is the demo-disk an AT only thing? Can I get Minix for a PC and run it
happily on my AT?

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