dbb@tc.fluke.COM (Dave Bartley) (12/08/87)
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Thanks,
Dave
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The Great OS Search continues ...
Still looking for comments on real-time Unix-ish OS's. We've
ruled out QNX (C compiler small model only; not close to Unix) and
Regulus (only one comment, and that was a flame).
What about Venix? I briefly used a version for the PC in 1983, and it
seemed as reasonable as Unix on an IBM XT could. Is it worth looking at
today? Venturcom is advertising SVID conformance with a real-time kernel.
Also the $600 price (until 12/31/87) is pretty tempting. I do note that
comp.unix.venix seems to have evaporated ...
Thanks in advance; please reply by mail & I'll post a summary.
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{uw-beaver,lbl-csam,hplsla,ssc-vax,microsoft,sun,allegra,...}!fluke!dbbhonzo@4gl.UUCP (Honzo Svasek) (12/12/87)
in article <2439@sputnik.COM>, dbb@tc.fluke.COM (Dave Bartley) says: > > The Great OS Search continues ... > > What about Venix? I am using Venix for several years now and have the folowing comments. 1. it IS System V UNIX. 2. It has a faster 'feel' for the interactive user than Xenix or Microport 3. It seems to be bug free. This system is running news and I am doing most of the development on it. I have had no problems for at least a year now, and the system is on the air 24 hours a day. A few times I had to remove the -O options when compiling, but same counts for 3B2 UNIX. 4. Venturecom claims it to be REAL TIME. I have no experience with REAL real-time on this system, and don't know if the venix system calls are interruptable. Honzo Svasek, <mcvax!4gl!honzo> PS. Anyone out there has a way to install 2.2 on a Seagate ST4096 disk? (on an AT)