ron%brl-bmd@ucbvax.UUCP (06/13/83)
From: Ron Natalie <ucbvax!ron@brl-bmd> I don't think you will be disappointed with Coherent if you bought it. The thing is a very reasonable Version 7 look alike and the only real UNIX port to the IBM PC I've seen. (Putting a 68000 card in the PC Box and porting Unix to that is Cheating). I hacked quite a bit on it at the last Unix conference. I also noticed that their source (which they don't sell or licence) was on the disk they had brought with the system. It's not supposed to be a V7 port, but a non-Bell-licenced equivelent. The insides are very nice and I was surprised when I found out later that I was not looking at hacked over V7 source but their own code. As far as it goes, it seems to have everything (including nroff) with the exception of UUCP (fat chance). Of course, there are the limitations of the IBM PC and the 8086, but I doubt you will find a better UNIX port and certainly not a better price. -Ron