pcl@hlexa.UUCP (Paul C. Lustgarten) (03/26/84)
From: notes@hlexa.UUCP Newsgroups: pr.presstp MOTOROLA GETS AT&T OK, Computer Systems News, Mar. 19, p. 4. Motorola has received certification from AT&T of its UNIX System V implementation for the 68000 microprocessor. The new product is available immediately and will be jointly marketed by Motorola and AT&T under the name Unix System V, M68000 Version. Hardware manufacturers and turnkey systems vendors may obtain an object-code redistrib- ution license from Motorola allowing them to bundle 68000-based systems with UNIX-V. AT&T's deal with Motorola is seen as a boon to estab- lishing UNIX System V as an industry standard.
mbs@ecsvax.UUCP (04/05/84)
I would like to note that at least one other corporation (Empirical Research Group) already has a System V port on the 68000. I believe the port was done by UniSoft, but I am not sure..... --- Michael Smith East Carolina University Computing & Information Systems Greenville, NC 27834 { akgua!mcnc, decvax!mcnc, ittvax!ittral}!ecsvax!mbs
ian@utcsstat.UUCP (Ian F. Darwin) (04/14/84)
From: mbs@ecsvax.UUCP Subject: Re: Motorola gets AT&T OK on 68000 port of UN*X System V I would like to note that at least one other corporation (Empirical Research Group) already has a System V port on the 68000. I believe the port was done by UniSoft, but I am not sure..... UniSoft has had System III and System V for ages, and there are over fifty companies in the 68000 game with UniSoft UNIX ports. On the other hand, the Motorola port is ``official'' (at least to the marketing hypes at AT&T...). Time will tell which of the two competing 68000 ports will prosper (if either): the one that got there first, and made the 68000 a widely-used UNIX engine, or the one that came along after from the same folks who brought you the hardware. Lest we forget, there is also XENIX for the 68000 and a few in-house ports by particular vendors (several of them originally UniSoft). Several UNIX-like systems are also available for the 68000. -- Ian F. Darwin, Toronto uucp: utcsstat!ian