mjranum@gouldsd.UUCP (Marcus J Ranum) (11/10/86)
Purely useless. Trust me. PCUNIX is slow, makes lots of temp files, and crashes a lot in a development enviroment. Maybe it's ok for people who don't spend lots of time compiling and running weird stuff. But I dunno about that. I threw my copy away... Think about it and if you really want I can give you a more precise rundown via E-mail. The internals are all VAX/VMS/PinkCadillac, among other things. The best I can say for it is it's "UNIX-like" live free mjr -- Afternoon shower... Millions of maidens flying Come to rest our necks
mason@cod.UUCP (Nicholas B. Mason) (11/10/86)
In article <680004@hpfcph.HP.COM> you write: > >Does anyone have experience with the various operating systems and packages >being put out by Wendin? Are they for real? Are there significant problems >or bugs? What is the supplied source like? Can it be used to build useful >things? > > Dale McCluskey > > I have Wendin UNIX, XTC editor, and opeating systems tool kit, but really havn't worked with them too much. The UNIX system seems pretty good, and it is multiuser/tasking on a PC. I also like the XTC editor, and haven't done much more than read the manual on the OSTK. mainly because I don't have the right compiler. You need to have the microsoft C V3.0 compiler or equivalent or the source won't do you much good. Some random comments on Wendin UNIX: -if you are used to memory resident programs, forget it. none of them work under unix. -You will need an editor to run under this unix. wordstar won't work, XTC works great. -It will run two terminals and the main console. It is slow on a PC and I would reccommend an AT type machine to run it. - The terminals will have to use IBM editor that comes with DOS. XTC won't work because it does direct screen writes. If you can find an editor that runs out the serial port you will be better off. -It does do what it claims. cron, at, and all that stuff works as does background. -the shell is sh not csh. -lpr assumes a serial printer. This is the worst problem in my opinion since the PC has a parallel printer port standard. Hope this helps. For the price I am more than satisfied with their products. Nick Mason NOSC San Diego , CA mason@nosc ihnp4 \ akgua \ decvax ------------------!sdcsvax!noscvax!mason dcdwest / ucbvax /