ih3e@pinstripe.cs.Virginia.EDU (Jan Hoenisch) (03/22/91)
I am looking for a cheap solution to getting a UNIX or clone OS running on my '286. I know this is the '386 group but the 286 group does not seem to be used heavily. My question is, is there a PD UNIX OS out there or is the cheapest OS MINIX? I have minix and I am looking for something for in the line of the large SUN os, SystemV or so. I have looked at Coherent but I was wondering more of the idea of Public Domain? Thanks in advance Ian -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Hoenisch (ih3e@virginia.edu) or (ih3e@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu) Graduate Student, Computer Science Department, Thornton Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442 Virtual reality is REAL; How real is virtuality? --------------------------------------------------------------------
rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) (03/24/91)
In article <1991Mar21.175359.15633@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ih3e@pinstripe.cs.Virginia.EDU (Jan Hoenisch) writes: >I am looking for a cheap solution to getting a UNIX or clone OS running on my >'286. I know this is the '386 group but the 286 group does not seem to be used >heavily. My question is, is there a PD UNIX OS out there or is the cheapest >OS MINIX? I have minix and I am looking for something for in the line of the >large SUN os, SystemV or so. I have looked at Coherent but I was wondering >more of the idea of Public Domain? For $100.00 and some time spent downloading software, Coherent is a great deal. It is UNIX V7 compatible with some V5 extensions. The machine I am posting from at this moment is running Coherent 3.1.0, Cnews, and Rn. I have been running Coherent since early December, and have been very pleased. I still can't believe it's not UNIX. There is nothing like this in the public domain. Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP frog!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
terry@jgaltstl.UUCP (terry linhardt) (03/25/91)
In article <9103232223.30@rmkhome.UUCP>, rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes: > been running Coherent since early December, and have been very pleased. > > I still can't believe it's not UNIX. > > Which provokes the question.........just *what* is UNIX? Is it SVID? Is it really a philosophy? Can someone say that AIX, for instance, is 'UNIX', since some would argue it is really a proprietary OS based upon an 'old' version of 'UNIX'. If Coherent is *not* UNIX, as you imply, then what is UNIX? -- |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Terry Linhardt The Lafayette Group uunet!jgaltstl!terry | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|