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ron at brl-sem.UUCP
ron at brl-sem.UUCP
Wed Feb 18 10:25:52 AEST 1987
In article <3108 at gitpyr.gatech.EDU>, eeproks at gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
> 1) Is SCO and IBM Xenix the same as AT&T Unix System V.2.
> 2) How close is PC/IX to System III.
#1. Most current XENIX's are probably system V enough to compile
most system V programs, but at last check neither worked real
well. It is not however VR2, but does have most of the SVID
library calls.
#2. PC/IX, though System III-ish is riddled with silly ISCisms. Anyway
although I can live with VR2, I can't deal with III.
Much of the problem is that the thing still has to run on an 80x86 where
x is less than 3. This environment is hell on any system.
Anyhow, BELL TECHNOLOGIES, a company that sells PC disk drives and PC/AT
clones, sells real system V for the PC/AT. At one time they'd give away
free system V with a disk drive purchase. Their number is 1-800-FOR-UNIX
(catchy, eh?).
-Ron
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