rlw@wxlvax.UUCP (01/17/84)
[From the 1/16/84 COMPUTERWORLD (p.5)] IBM micro gets Unix look-alike RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- IBM announced last week that it will offer an optimized version of the Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s Unix Operating System for its Personal Computer and Personal Computer XT micro- computers. The operating system, called Personal Computer Interactive Execu- tive (PC/IX), was adapted for use on the IBM micros by Interactive Systems Corp., according to an IBM spokeswoman. She added that PC/IX can run virtually all Unix programs commercially available for microcomputers. The operating system is available for a one-time license fee of $900 and will be marketed through IBM's National Accounts and Nat- ional Marketing Divisions. [How do you pronounce PC/IX? pee-cee-icks? piss-icks? PC-ick?] --From the fumbling fingers of dick wexelblat
rpw3@fortune.UUCP (01/20/84)
#R:ittvax:-124000:fortune:14500019:000:337 fortune!rpw3 Jan 19 14:06:00 1984 [Warning: May be offensive to New York residents who don't like puns ] Pronunciation of PC/IX? Considering its family tree, it looks kind of puh-KICKS'y to me. Rob Warnock UUCP: {sri-unix,amd70,hpda,harpo,ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!rpw3 DDD: (415)595-8444 USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphins Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065