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? -- Bill Swan (..uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill) Live in Seattle! 100000000000 slugs couldn't be wrong!