dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) (08/26/88)
In article <64636@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: [ lots of very informative marketing stuff deleted ] > [In response to request for UNIX :] Hell, get the >BridgeBoard and run MINIX on it! Better yet, get the AT bridgeboard and >run SCO Xenix on it! You guys talk as though the AT bridgeboard was available. My local dealer admits to having seen it operate, but says CBM won't even hint at a date that they might be able to get some. Now, I admit, if they really don't know, then it's vaporware for them to be promising, but I sure would like to see one. I'm contemplating an application where I must use some IBM peripheral boards and I need the processing power. I'd a whole lot rather drop an AT bridgeboard into my 2000 than go buy a clone, on principle if not for the money saved. Anybody know when us mere mortals will be able to get one? On a related topic, Chuck was talking a few months back about the concept of a 'dumb bridgeboard', i.e, a board that would merely interconnect the two buses so that we could write Amiga programs to access peripherals on IBM cards. Does anyone know if anyone is doing anything like that, and if so, when it might be available? That approach would also work here. BTW, Chuck, I thought your marketing analysis was excellent. >--Chuck McManis >uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com -- Dave Hanna, Daltech MicroSystems | "Do or do not -- There is no try" P.O. Box 584, Bedford, TX 76095 | - Yoda (214) 358-4534 (817) 540-1524 | UUCP: ...!killer!gtmvax!dave |
peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (08/27/88)
In article <136@dms3b1.UUCP>, dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes: > In article <64636@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: > > [In response to request for UNIX :] Hell, get the > >BridgeBoard and run MINIX on it! Better yet, get the AT bridgeboard and > >run SCO Xenix on it! It's possible to run SCO Xenix on a PC/XT. I've done it. It's not going to break any records, but it's quite a bit peppier than MS-DOS. I don't know if SCO Xenix for the 8088 is still available, but if you ask around you should be able to find a copy. I've seen it for sale for under $100 at a resale place. You're restricted to small model code, but that's no worse off then the original PDP-11 UNIX. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' peter@sugar.uu.net Have you hugged U your wolf today?