usenet@cuae2.UUCP (12/16/86)
The Boston Software Works (BSW) is now distributing an improved version of VENIX/Rainbow. VENIX/Rainbow is a complete UNIX(tm) system for the DEC Rainbow 100, developed by VenturCom, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. It is a V7-based system, with extensions such as plot(3) drivers for the Rainbow color graphics board and DEC LA50 printer, semaphores, and shared memory. Standard VENIX/Rainbow requires and supports the DEC RD51 winchester disk (10MB) only. The Boston Software Works enhancements to VENIX/Rainbow include: 1) Support for any disk physically connectible to the Rainbow. Our development system runs a 70MB Micropolis disk. 2) Virtual consoles, as found in VENIX on IBM-compatible machines, and also in XENIX and Microport System V/AT. 3) Support for the NEC V20 chip, which replaces the Intel 8088 for a 10-15% performance gain. 4) Support for simultaneous use of a monochrome display (for terminal/console use) and a color graphics display (for graphics). 5) Ports (on an as-is basis) of several public domain programs, such as the Usenet news software, rn, smail, and Jove, an excellent EMACS subset. 6) Support for the CHS dual-winchester controller. The price (single copy) for VENIX/Rainbow is $795 and includes a complete manual set. For more information, contact: The Boston Software Works, Inc. 120 Fulton Street Boston, MA 02109 USA Tel. (617) 367-6846 or send mail to one of the addresses listed in the signature below. -- Larry Campbell MCI: LCAMPBELL The Boston Software Works, Inc. UUCP: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu (617) 367-6846 DOMAINIZED ADDRESS (for the adventurous): campbell@maynard.BSW.COM