shevett@oberon.UUCP (Dave Shevett) (04/29/90)
In article <489@lgc.lgc.com> arthur@mulch.lgc.com writes:
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= I am looking for more information on the ALTOS 686 machine. If I understand
= correctly, it currently runs a XENIX V (or is it SYS III ??) ver 3.2
= operating system.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and folks will, I'm sure), but I think the 686
flavor of Xenix is System/III based. Pretty wimpy. As a matter of fact,
I found the while shebang unuseable without the dev kit (hope you have
it).
= There does not seem to be much support for this system
= at all out there, almost as if it were a cult of it's own.... Anyway,
= ALTOS simply told me that they do not really support the op.sys anymore,
= this salesperson was new. So much for help from ALTOS.
Correct. Altos seems to cut off it's users fairly early along the line.
Also, their support is handled through their resellers (like Arrow
electronics), so calling Altos without a support contract won't get you
too far.
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= I am looking at an inventory program with BASIC source, the modifications
= needed can be coded in BASIC or C. Any leads to a suitable compiler would
= be great !!
Best inventory system I'VE ever seen on any xenix system is Realworld's
systems. I think the last version that ran on the 686 was only version
4.0A1, and that's written completely in COBOL (Ryan/McFarland). Version
5.0 (present) is written on COBOL also, but apparently has a bunch of
high-speed C stuff thrown in. Best bet is to find someone who is willing
to sell their old 686 software (most folks have upgraded to 5.0 by now,
and transferred their licenses... But, some didn't transfer. Ask around!
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