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From: ugjohna@sunybcs.UUCP (John Arrasjid)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: 520ST Unix Clones?
Message-ID: <2671@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Dec-85 00:18:52 EST
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2671
Posted: Fri Dec 27 00:18:52 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Dec-85 01:22:52 EST
References: <239@entropy.UUCP>
Reply-To: ugjohna@gort.UUCP (John Arrasjid)
Followup-To: UN*X on the 520ST
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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Keywords: UN*X, multitasking, multiuser

In article <239@entropy.UUCP> fetrow@entropy.UUCP (David Fetrow) writes:
>
> Now that it appears unlikely that a real UNIX will apprear for the ST,
>what about UNIX subsets? A few of these appeared on the IBM side of the
>market (aside from 1 or 2 real UNIX implementations such as XENIX) and
>have some supporters. Typically multitasking abilities are eliminated
>or greatly reduced but at least the more common commands are the same
>and, due to the great simplification, it isn't pure folly to run some
>of them on a floppy system.

Appears unlikely????  AT&T just signed a licensing agreement with Atari to
listen UNIX system 5.0 to be run on the ST's. I just read this in the most
recent issue of INFO-WORLD. As far as I know, this supports multitasking and
multiuser and is not just a UNIX shell.

John Arrasjid               SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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