is xenix unix....
grs at houxa.UUCP
grs at houxa.UUCP
Wed Feb 18 22:45:32 AEST 1987
In article <3108 at gitpyr.gatech.EDU>, eeproks at gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
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>
> I use (and love) unix on quite a few different machines. The SV machines
> are primarily 3B1's, 3B2's and 3B20's. I would like the machine that I
> use at home to provide the same environment that I am use to at work. Of
> course, this all has to be done on a budget. IBM machines and clones are
> cheap, BUT...
>
> 1) Is SCO and IBM Xenix the same as AT&T Unix System V.2.
>
Sorry to post this but my mail couldn't reach you. Sys V Xenix was not ported
from SysV, it was derived from the older version of Xenix. There are may
differences between Xenix SysV and the SysV you find on ATT machines. I use
Multiport SysV on a PC clone and find it to be almost identical to the SysV
I use at work on 3B20s, Vaxes and 3B2s.
It's drawbacks are mostly its lack of DOS support. (It should improve soon
with a Simula like product soon to be released.)
Another big advantage is that it cost a fraction of what Xenix does!
Glenn Sills
BTL - Merrmack Valley
(617) 681-6437
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