fostel@ncsu.UUCP (10/06/83)
It is possible to purchase a UNIX for 370 like systems originally from
Amdahl. There is also one used inside Bell Labs which they are probably
not going to give to anyone for love or money. (Something which is true
of most things in Bell Labs it seems sometimes. The good old days are
just that.)
The version from Amdahl is expected to run on IBM's virtual machine
operating system VM/370. This is not quite like saying Eunice runs on
VAX/VMS since VM/370 is is some ways an invisible OS. It makes you think
you have the entire bare machine to yourself -- something VMS clearly does
not do. So why bother with VM you say? Well I guess Bell Labs said that
to cause I think theirs is a real bare UNIX. Some comparisons in perform-
ance would be interesting. Don't count out VM cause it usually comes with
micro-code speed-ups to enhance I/O performance. VM is usually used to
support the CMS timesharing system, a holdover from the dusty dawn of
timesharing research in TechSquare, in the 60's.
----GaryFostel----