randy@gtuplab.UUCP (09/17/87)
I'm looking for names, addresses, and comments on vendors for a UNIX V to run on an IBM PC/AT compatible (80286). I'd like to be able to run DOS as a process if at all possible. Randy Abler or via U.S mail: hp-lsd!gtuplab!randy Georgia Institute of Technology P.O. Box 32563 Atlanta, Ga 30332
jgray@toad.pilchuck.Data-IO.COM (Jerry Late Nite Gray) (09/22/87)
In article <110004@gtuplab.UUCP>, randy@gtuplab.UUCP (Randal Abler) writes: > > I'm looking for names, addresses, and comments on vendors > for a UNIX V to run on an IBM PC/AT compatible (80286). I'd > like to be able to run DOS as a process if at all possible. > > Randy Abler or via U.S mail: > hp-lsd!gtuplab!randy Georgia Institute of Technology > P.O. Box 32563 > Atlanta, Ga 30332 What a coincidence.... I was just going to post the same inquiry except that I was going to add that the UNIX machines at my location are connected up with Sun's NFS ethernet and I would like to exploit this as well, if possible. If any contributor could also E-mail any inputs to me I will post a summary. --------------- Jerrold L. Gray UUCP:{ihnp4|caip|tektronix|ucbvax}!uw-beaver!tikal!pilchuck!jgray USNAIL: 10525 Willows Road N.E. /C-46 Redmond, Wa. 98052 (206) 881 - 6444 x470 Telex: 15-2167
davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) (09/23/87)
The only flavor of UNIX for 286 currently shipping with a program
allowing DOS operation is V/AT, from MicroPort, with an extra-cost
package called DOSmerge/286 to run one DOS session. My experience with
this is that you should wait for a later release of this, since there
are some problems running serial ports in v2.2, and the three people I
know who have DOSmerge indicate that operation is still not production
quality. Other systems are being advertized, but I haven't seen a
production copy (as opposed to beta software you pay for) of anything
else.
If you need to run ethernet connections, Xenix supports Excelan packages
which allow telnet and ftp. NFS is not supported at this time, and there
are some problems with PC-NFS holding interrupts off for 2-3ms, causing
lost serial data, etc. The C compiler is not PCC, and the object format
is not COFF, but you can product DOS executables if you wish.
Vexix (from Venturcom) is a certified port of SysV, and also supports
Excelan packages. This is a realtime version, with kernel fixes allowing
realtime operation. It appears to be a proper superset of SysV, and
should run any SysV program. Programs from MicroPort V/AT should run on
Venix.
Hope some of this helps.
--
bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
{uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -meroot@hobbes.UUCP (John Plocher) (09/26/87)
+---- bill davidsen writes in <7437@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> ---- | << Microport Unix & DOSmerge >> | My experience with this is that you should wait for a later release ... I agree, but the 1.3 release (Beta) is based on the V/AT version 2.3 kernel which fixes the 9600 baud serial port problem, the clock problem, and many others. Look for a "real" release in October. | If you need to run ethernet connections, Xenix supports Excelan packages | which allow telnet and ftp. NFS is not supported at this time, and there | are some problems with PC-NFS holding interrupts off for 2-3ms, causing | lost serial data, etc. The C compiler is not PCC, and the object format | is not COFF, but you can product DOS executables if you wish. Several things. The Exelan product is also avaliable from Microport for use with their 2.2 and 2.3 kernels. NFS is in the works (from Exelan). The C compiler from MicroSoft (Xenix) IS the MSC 4.0/5.0 compiler avaliable for MSDOS. It supports ANSI C, is fast, and it can cross compile to DOS. In fact, the "help" message produced with cc -help gives the SAME options as the DOS version, complete with '/'s instead of '-'s :-) The Xenix compiler blows the pants off the pcc from AT&T, I just wish it did COFF :-) -- John Plocher uwvax!geowhiz!uwspan!plocher plocher%uwspan.UUCP@uwvax.CS.WISC.EDUn
davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (09/30/87)
In article <236@hobbes.UUCP> root@hobbes.UUCP (John Plocher) writes: |+---- bill davidsen writes in <7437@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> ---- || << Microport Unix & DOSmerge >> <<<< many things >>>> |The C compiler from MicroSoft (Xenix) IS the MSC 4.0/5.0 compiler avaliable |for MSDOS. It supports ANSI C, is fast, and it can cross compile to DOS. |In fact, the "help" message produced with cc -help gives the SAME options |as the DOS version, complete with '/'s instead of '-'s :-) |The Xenix compiler blows the pants off the pcc from AT&T, I just wish it did |COFF :-) None of the compilers up to thru 2.1.3 do that on my machine! They just say "unknown option: help" and terminate. You must have either a newer version or perhaps the IBM version. I would go to 2.2, but I can't run TCP/IP on it yet, and need that more than the update. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me