johnw@stud.uucp (John Wiederhold) (05/28/88)
Does anyone know of a version of Kermit for the RT. I just got my machine and plan on running AIX, TeX, and Emacs, for starters. Recommendations for a good database system would also be appreciated. Also does anyone have any information on the IBM AIX/RT AT DOS simulator. -John Wiederhold johnw@stud.stanford.edu INTERNET johnw%stud@stanford BITNET
karish@denali.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) (05/30/88)
In article <21901@labrea.STANFORD.EDU> johnw@stud.stanford.edu (John Wiederhold) writes: > >Does anyone know of a version of Kermit for >the RT. Standard C-kermit, compiled with the appropriate options, works fine. You have to turn off the optimizer for one of the modules; I think it's ckutio.c. If you want to be sure you have the latest version of kermit, get it by anonymous FTP from cu20b.columbia.edu. >Also does anyone have any >information on the IBM AIX/RT AT DOS simulator. It's not clear what you refer to here. AIX for the RT comes with three user interfaces: the familiar U*ix command-line shells, a mouse-oriented setup called `Usability Services', and one called `DOS Services'. DOS Services is just a DOS-like command interpreter; it doesn't provide any special services except the ability to read and write DOS floppies. IBM also makes (made?) an AT coprocessor card to run on the AT bus in RTs. I've never seen the software that runs this, even though I have a card sitting in a desk drawer somewhere. I don't know whether it will run with the new-generation RTs. The coprocessor is an AT on a card. I think it needs 16-bit memory on the AT bus, meaning that it doesn't necessarily share the RT memory. You essentially have two separate computers sharing the same bus and peripherals, through mediation by the VRM. Chuck Karish ARPA: karish@denali.stanford.edu BITNET: karish%denali@forsythe.stanford.edu UUCP: {decvax,hplabs!hpda}!mindcrf!karish USPS: 1825 California St. #5 Mountain View, CA 94041
crscott@sdrc.UUCP (Scott_Klosterman) (06/07/88)
In article <287@sdrc.UUCP>, crscott@sdrc.UUCP (Scott_Klosterman) writes: > I have seen Version 1.1 of IBM AIX/RT Personal Computer AT Simulator > and frankly I was not very impressed. Although one has the ability to > share devices such as printers and disks between AIX and DOS, it runs > slower than a XT and for applications such as wordprocessing it must > refresh the entire screen after each character. We ran Wordstar, Sidekick > MS Word 4.0 ok but programs which write directly to the display device > don't work. Remember this? Well I've been since filled in by a couple of totally rightous dudes up at the big house that the copy I saw was some prehistoric demo, NOT Version 1.1, and that we should expect nothing less than ambrosia when the REAL McCoy gets to the shelf. Another classic example of High Tech Foot In The Mouth Syndrome, that has been striking ever so frequently.