lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) (01/06/88)
Any body out there remember Venix/86? A friend of mine who had a copy wasn't using it any more, so he sold it to me. It is version 2.0 and came out when XT's only had 10MB drives. I've been playing with the partition table on the hard disk some in the hope that Venix will see all of my 20MB disk. If any body out there has had an experiences with Vneix, I'd like to correspond with you electronically in order to gain some more knowledge. As a side note - don't be afraid to get technical is any message you send to me, I do UNIX for a living. (I manage a VAX8600 and 19 SUN3s) -- j UUCP: ...ihnp4!msudoc!eecae!lawitzke "And it's just a box of rain..." ARPA: lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (35.8.8.151)
iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik) (01/07/88)
In article <5462@eecae.UUCP> lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (John Lawitzke) writes: >Any body out there remember Venix/86? A friend of mine who had a copy >wasn't using it any more, so he sold it to me. It is version 2.0 and >came out when XT's only had 10MB drives. I've been playing with the >partition table on the hard disk some in the hope that Venix will >see all of my 20MB disk. If any body out there has had an experiences >with Vneix, I'd like to correspond with you electronically in order >to gain some more knowledge. As a side note - don't be afraid to get >technical is any message you send to me, I do UNIX for a living. >(I manage a VAX8600 and 19 SUN3s) > >-- >j UUCP: ...ihnp4!msudoc!eecae!lawitzke >"And it's just a box of rain..." ARPA: lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (35.8.8.151) All VENIX/86 fans... OK, you may dislike the DEC Rainbow, but Larry Campbell and The Boston Software Works took over the distribution rights to the VENIX/Rainbow version from VenturCom and since then Enhanced VENIX/Rainbow V2.0 has appeared with a wealth of great features. Some of the features include disk support up to 71mb for the Rainbow as well as improved terminal handling and virtual consoles! Other features include a whole slew of UNIX utilites, a spreadsheet, uucp software, and graphics software. Contact him at the address below and, while your machine may not be a Rainbow, he may be able to help you out a bit or point you at he people or resources that you need. He could, of course, not want to help since I haven't asked him about this. Larry will probably upset if he gets flooded with VENIX questions. However, since this is the first VENIX question I have seen posted in a long time, I don't think he'll mind that much. Tell him I sent you so he can call and yell at me. This is sort of "free advertising" and I have no connection with him other than a couple of e-mails. You may want to purchase a used Rainbow at good price and get VENIX/ Rainbow and use you PC as a terminal. I reviewed the Rainbow version for The DEC MicroLetter and I had 4 virtual consoles running with a remote terminal running at 9600 baud! 5 Simultaneous users. Also, note that the !maynard node in the net address below is a DEC Rainbow running VENIX with uucp software on a 71mb system with 896K RAM. Contact: Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. 120 Fulton Street, Boston, MA, 02109 1-617-367-6846 Internet: campbell@maynard.bsw.com uucp: {husc6,mirror,think}!maynard!campbell Enjoy, Alan All e-mails to: {allegra | seismo}!rochester!ritcv!iav1917 All flames to: !lostnode!hades!flmbckt ------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Alan I. Vymetalik | Standard Disclaimer: The above statements Prism Software Designs | and opinions belong to the author. Any 44 Arborwood Crescent | resemblence to statements found in actual Rochester, New York | reality is simply coincidence. And, as 14615-3807 | always, the above opinions have absolutely (716)-458-4932 (8-10pm) | nothing to do with the little, fat man (leave message) | putting $100 bills in my pocket. ------------------------+--------------------------------------------