Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ho95e.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ho95e!wcs From: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill.Stewart.4K435.x0705) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: MSDOS/UNIX MACHINE ?? Message-ID: <163@ho95e.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 21:48:06 EDT Article-I.D.: ho95e.163 Posted: Fri Sep 13 21:48:06 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 16-Sep-85 07:43:29 EDT References: <750@gitpyr.UUCP> <182@chinet.UUCP> <162@ho95e.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 51 > > In article <750@gitpyr.UUCP> kevin@gitpyr.UUCP (Kevin Campbell) writes: > > >I have a friend who is in need of some information, and he doesn't have > > >access to USENET. > > > He wants to know if there is a micro that supports MSDOS *and* UNIX? > > >(or possibly Xenix).. Also, what are the basic differences between > > >Unix & Xenix? > Do you mean "The hardware can do MSDOS or UNIX depending on what data is on > your disks" (in which case almost any PC compatible will do", or > "You can have MSDOS stuff and UNIX stuff of the same disk, but > only one OS is active at a time" (VENIX-86 will handle this, for PC > compatibles; you can partition a hard disk so VENIX gets 8 meg and MSDOS gets > 2 Meg. Alternatively, for most PC UNIX versions, you can give UNIX the > entire disk, and boot/run from floppies if you want MSDOS. Or you could get > a Bernoulli Box or Sunflower 10-Meg removable disk, and pop in the disk for > whichever OS you feel like running.) > Or do you mean something like "You boot up UNIX, but if you > want to run an MSDOS application while UNIX is active you can". There are > several boards made for this sort of thing (I don't know their names) like > 68000 boards that plug into a PC bus and run UNIX, or 80*86 boards that > plug into the PC bus and run MSDOS (normally faster than a vanilla IBM-PC) > which would probably let you run UNIX on the main PC and MSDOS on the add-on. > But basically you're talking weird here. > -- > ## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs Foo! Open my big mouth and see what it gets me. I was just cleaning off my desk and found a blurb related to that last item. From Unisource Software, 71 Bent Street, Cambridge MA 02141 1-617-491-1264: "THE CONNECTOR(tm) is a new program that allow DOS applications to run under the UNIX System. VENIX Version PC/IX Version" It goes on to say that The Connector is a one-diskette program that can be loaded onto your hard disk. You can set things up to boot in DOS or boot in UNIX; you type "unix" to go from DOS to Unix, and "dos" to go from UNIX to DOS. You can also run DOS programs directly form UNIX "by creating a special link". I assume this takes some work, but you can then type "lotus" to run LOTUS 1-2-3 from UNIX. You can have UNIX process running in the background while DOS things are running. Price: $295 Availability: "September, 1984" (I don't know when the blurb was printed) Hardware: IBM PC/XT or PC/AT with >=512K memory, 10M hard Disk, and PC/IX or VENIX plus PC-DOS. I have no idea if it's been adapted to run on compatibles or not. -- ## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com