Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!stpl!bbm!darcy
From: darcy@bbm.UUCP (D'Arcy Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ESIX
Message-ID: <809@bbm.UUCP>
Date: 11 Nov 89 06:31:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: bbm.809
References: <2559B869.26977@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Reply-To: darcy@bbm.UUCP (darcy)
Organization: BBM Bureau of Measurement, Toronto
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In article <2559B869.26977@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> rho@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Raymond Ho) writes:
>Hi everyone,
>	Development Tools
The old ads used to say ANSI C compiler but what you get is plain pcc.  I
think they fixed the ads.  It's as complete as you get, (awk, nawk, lex,
cc make etc.
>
>	Xwindow 11.?? ( forgot what exactly how they said it )
They have X-windows 11.3.01.  The documentation is on disk.>
>	TCP/IP
Yup
>
>	multi-user license (up to 32 users)
I'm not sure but I thought it was unlimited users.
>
>also some reports claim that ESIX is the fastest Unix Sys V available for pcs.
I'm not sure that is true but Everex certainly has about the fastest 386
machines (in respective classes).
>
>	Do you know anything about this ESIX? They said it is compatible at
>binary level with Xenix and Unix, is it true?
Haven't had a chance to test this but they do supply Xenix file system
support and they do claim Xenix compatibility but they do list a few 
areas where programs might have to be modified.

My experience is actually with release B which they called ENIX.  I
understand that they are currently shipping release C.

I have seen some messages decrying their support but so far I have had
no problem.  I generally get a callback the same day.

D'Arcy J.M. Cain
(darcy@{druid,bbm})