rik@ucla-cs.UUCP (12/04/85)
Is anybody familiar with "C/NIX"? I received a catalogue from SPITE
SOFTWARE, Portland, OR, with the following ad:
C/NIX adds most of the power of Unix to any CP/M 2.2 system. C/NIX
features include named hierarchical directories, redirectable I/O, and
many of the commands and utilities of Unix (ls, cd, mkdir, tree, walk,
grep, etc.) Even on-line Help! [...] You can even turn on a "log"
file, which captures everything that appears on the screen and places it
in a file. [...] Even with all these features, you can still use DIR,
TYPE, PIP or any other operatings system utilities you have become
familiar with. At $59.95, C/NIX is a remarkable package. It's a big
package though, and we recommend it for daily use only for those with
double-sided or hard disks.
Apparently they have it available for Morrow, Kaypro, Epson QX-10,
Osborne Exec, Osborne 1, and a few others.
Anybody any experience with this? Is it as good as it sounds? I sure
wouldn't mind a couple of Unix features on my CP/M, but at $59.95 I'm
afraid it's going to be a kind of trivial product...?
Rik Verstraete
3804G Boelter Hall rik@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
University of California ...!{ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!rik
Los Angeles, CA 90024