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From: stevens@hsi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Comments on PC/IX
Message-ID: <103@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 08:46:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 16 08:46:04 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 17-Jan-84 02:37:18 EST
Organization: Health Systems Intl.  New Haven,CT
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Why is PC/IX single-user ??  Venix/86 is a multi-user system -
we have been running two terminals in addition to the PC console
with no problems.

It is a pity that IBM selected Interactive Systems for their PC
UNIX.  We have been using VenturCom's Venix/86 for 6 months
and it is a good system - they support vi, C-shell, termcap, etc.
which I doubt PC/IX will support.  I definetly don't want to learn
another screen editor.  IBM apparently refuses to sign the Berkeley
license agreement, so I doubt they'll ever release any Berkeley
software, other than what appears on System 5.

It appears from the description that appeared on the net that
IBM hasn't even tried to maintain compatability with its UNIX
on the Series/1 (called 'cpix').  cpix has a V7 kernel with a few
System III utilities (sccs, cpio).  You'd hope they'd at least try
and have one common kernel !

	Richard Stevens
	Health Systems International, New Haven, CT
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