akcs.moodyblu@vpnet.chi.il.us (Matt Weisberg) (12/25/90)
Hello!
I am looking for some information on Coherent UNIX. I currently run an MS-
DOS based board in the Detroit Area (Milliways 1-313-553-9274 Fidonet:
120/16) but after using UNIX at school, I am have developed an interest in
it. Looking for an inexpensive way to get it on my PC, I came accross
Coherent Unix. I have an 80386 with 672MB of hard drive space. Can anyone
tell me if this is a good buy? $99.95 seems quite unbelievable. I am also
considering running a UNIX board, so I would be looking for UNIX BBS
software as well. Any help anyone could provide would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks!
Matt Weisberg
Internet: moodyblu@buhub.bradley.edu
Fidonet: Matt Weisberg at 1:120/16
or whatever my address is as listed with this message (I am new on this
system and do not know my address here)paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater) (12/27/90)
In article <2776c302-23comp.unix.msdos@vpnet.chi.il.us> akcs.moodyblu@vpnet.chi.il.us (Matt Weisberg) writes: > I am looking for some information on Coherent UNIX. ... I bought Coherent for US$99. Not a bad buy, all things considered. > I have an 80386 with 672MB of hard drive space. This is where I hit a problem. Coherent won't run with a SCSI disk controller in the current release (3.0), and I found problems when trying to install on my DOS system. Coherent can use one of the 4 entries from a standard DOS partition table, but consistently core-dumped when I tried to /etc/mkfs larger than 100 Mb. By reducing this to 60 Mb, it was able to create a usable file system, but still has problems with fsck. So it's still pretty flakey in some areas. > tell me if this is a good buy? $99.95 seems quite unbelievable. I am also For the price, you get quite a nice UNIX-like feel, with a non-ANSI C compiler and Micro-emacs-like editor. Source code is provided for lots of stuff (including the editor). I like Coherent because it is a great way for people to learn about UNIX -- it's multi-user, although I haven't tried to break its memory management yet! It runs on both 286 and 386 systems. It feels a bit clunky, but also is very lean -- fast and compact. The latter can be a problem if you are porting bloated software (like rn). > considering running a UNIX board, so I would be looking for UNIX BBS I am planning to port Sandy's XBBS to Coherent -- this would make a nice combination. Anyone else interested in this? -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz
krawchuk@cpsc.UCalgary.ca (Bj Krawchuk) (12/28/90)
Matt Weisberg writes: > I am looking for some information on Coherent UNIX... Check out the (not particularly glowing) review of Coherent in Nov 90 Byte Magazine (Unix /bin column i think). -- Bj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brent J. Krawchuk Knowledge Sciences Laboratory krawchuk@cpsc.ucalgary.ca University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. -- Dali ------------------------------------------------------------------------------