ESIX

[Bob Palowoda]

>From article <2147 at jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, by kaleb at mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley):
> In article <2559B869.26977 at maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> rho at maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Raymond Ho) writes:

> available for more money.  They claim binary compatibility with XENIX; I'm not
> sure what, if anything, could be binary compatible with UNIX, unless you mean

  I use to run Xenix286 and switched to ESIX. All the binarys ran on the
ESIX machine. Databases, XBBS, a bunch of others. I did eventually 
recompile it under the 32bit comilier. It ran faster. I also ran Microport
286 bins on it, ATT bin's, Interactive bin's.


> AT&Ts' UNIX/386.  Their rep said it was based on AT&Ts' UNIX/386.  Can't 
> really say anything about its relative speed.

  I'd say it's based on ISC UNIX.  

---Bob

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