NAIVE EUNICE INFO REQUEST
Brian Gordon
gordon at cae780.UUCP
Sun Feb 3 09:20:54 AEST 1985
In article <281 at calmasd.UUCP> jpm at calmasd.UUCP (John McNally) writes:
>
>1. First, is eunice a UNIX-emulator for VMS? I assume the answer
>to this is yes, or otherwise this message wouldn't be in this
>newsgroup.
Your assumption is right.
>2. Just what does it emulate? C shell? Support C compiler and C
>calls to the OS (like sleep, exec, pipe, etc.)? UUCP, mail, news?
>UNIX i/o philosophy?
>
When all goes well, it emulates a 4.1 UNIX environment - sh, csh, cc,
sleep, ... It uses the nativs VMS file system, but provides the normal
4.1bsd access to it.
>3. Who distributes it, how much does it cost, what support is
>available, are there multiple versions, are there multiple vendors?
It is distributed by The Wollogong Group (mail me a request for the
address if you can't get it otherwise - I'm at home at the moment,
without references). There is, at any given moment, one version of the
4.1bsd version, although another (Sys V?) version will appear soon. The
cost is non-trivial (like $16K - again without references handy) for
normal (non-academic) users, with normal maintenance. There is also a
deluxe maintenance version. There is only one distributer, and a
Unix license is required (available through TWG, if necessary, I believe.)
>4. What versions of VMS does it require/desire? I don't know
>much about VMS, so I don't even know if this is an intelligent
>question. Are there any limitations to what machines it will run
>on (beyond the obvious requirement of VMS, which I assume means at
>least VAX only).
I have used it under VMS 3.5/6/7/8 (yes, there IS TOO a 3.8), and have
heard from reliable sources that a 4.0 version will be available soon.
>5. Is it worth bothering with?
A non-trivial question, depending in part on exactly what you want to do
with it. I'll be glad to enter into private correspondance with
interested parties.
FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems
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