bill@persci.UUCP (04/02/85)
I received a flyer in the mail today from an outfit calling itself
'Computer Helper Industries, Inc.', promoting a software system called
'ConIx', which appears to be 'unix-like' overlay for CP/M. (Yes, another
one!) They've been advertising in either Byte or Dr. Dobbs for a while.
These people seem to have a better approach than most 'shell' vendors I've
seen (ex: Micro-shell), one that doesn't appear to tie up a disk with
utlilities. The price seems to be good, if it does half what it says it will.
However.. I am always suspicious of software ads. I have seen a tremendous
amount of hype in the industry, a lot of promises never matched by the
product, and questionable features glowingly praised ("If you ever run out of
disk space, just swap in a new disk and go..").
My question is: Is there anybody out there in CP/M-land who has seen this
software?
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