[net.rumor] Bring in the clones

dave@uwvax.ARPA (07/24/84)

> They even mention the word "UNIX"(tm) on television!!!

It's AT&T Bell Laboratories.  AT&T can say UN*X until the cows come home.

>                Do they have System V to run on it?  Or do you run Venix
> or Xenix on it?  Or does this just mean that you can hook the PC as a
> semi-silly terminal on one of their 3B series?

If its AT&T's computer, you can bet it's System V.  Besides, even the
*real* IBM/PC-XT can run UN*X.  I think the IBM version a System V
port.  They were demoing them at Usenix.  It wasn't any worse than some
other products I saw there --  or the slowest either.

-- 
Dave Cohrs @ wisconsin
...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!dave
dave@wisc-rsch.arpa

guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (07/24/84)

1) No, the AT&T PC doesn't run UNIX (yet).  It runs MS-DOS (surprise,
surprise).

2) PC/IX is a System III port.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy

ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (07/25/84)

The IBM version called hte Personal Computer Interactive Executive
is IS/3.  IS/3 is a bastardized System III.

-Ron