megabyte@chinet.UUCP (Mark E. Sunderlin) (03/17/86)
Well, I always wanted something different and now I got it! My
company now has Zilog Model 31 minis which runs Zilog's Enhanced
UN*X SYSTEM - Zeus. It seems to be a basic SYS III port with
berkeley "enhancements". Trouble is you never know when to use
sys III stuff and when to be berkeley!
Does anyone out there in net.land have any experience on this
box? Any advice would be helpfull. I didn't even KNOW zilog made
a UN*X box before this!
"The number of UN*X systems has grown to 10, with more expected"
- UNI*X programmers manual 1972
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UUCP: (1) seismo!dolqci!irsdcp!scsnet!sunder Mark E. Sunderlin
(2) ihnp4!chinet!megabyte aka Dr. Megabyte
CIS: 74026,3235 (202) 634-2529
Quote: "No matter where you go, There you are" (9-4 EST)
Mail: IRS 1111 Constitution Ave. NW PM:S:D:NO Washington, DC 20224 grr@cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (03/23/86)
> Well, I always wanted something different and now I got it! My > company now has Zilog Model 31 minis which runs Zilog's Enhanced > UN*X SYSTEM - Zeus. It seems to be a basic SYS III port with > berkeley "enhancements". Trouble is you never know when to use > sys III stuff and when to be berkeley! > Does anyone out there in net.land have any experience on this > box? Any advice would be helpfull. I didn't even KNOW zilog made > a UN*X box before this! > _________________________________________________________________________ > UUCP: (1) seismo!dolqci!irsdcp!scsnet!sunder Mark E. Sunderlin > (2) ihnp4!chinet!megabyte aka Dr. Megabyte > CIS: 74026,3235 (202) 634-2529 Well, think of it as System III with csh and vi, and you shouldn't have too many problems. The manual pages indicate the source of each command, bell, berkeley or zilog. There also exists a System V port, but it looks like Zilog is not going to officially release or support it. Their new systems will use the same basic hardware, but the Z8000 processor board will be replaced by one based on the Western Electric 32000 chip set. Zilog sells mostly to OEMs and other bulk purchase types. They sold a bunch of systems to the IRS, so companies doing programming work for the government may have gotten some also. There are a few machines on the net (cbm for one) and some in the netmaps but little communication between them. Please feel free to contact me... If anyone is interested in forming a Zilog mailing list, I would like to hear from them. -- George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbm!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbm!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)