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From: ljz@well.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: WENDIN/ A serious UNIX for XTs and ATs
Message-ID: <1038@well.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 18:30:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  7 18:30:37 1986
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In article <532@imsvax.UUCP> ted@imsvax.UUCP (Ted Holden) writes:
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>    The question which has been on everybody's mind lately:  "How serious are
>these folks at Wendin with their ads for a $100 version of UNIX for XTs and
>ATs?".  The answer, it seems:  damned serious!  I have had a first look at
>PCUNIX on my own little (Taiwanese) AT, and friends have the Wendin Toolkit, 
>and I am impressed.  Granted, it is a first shot and they still have lots of
>work to do, and granted many DOS programs won't run under it just yet, but
>I'm impressed.

[etc.]

I find that although PCUNIX is a good idea and I concur with just about
everything that's just been said, I have to say that I find it's difficult
to use it in "real life" on my MSDOS system.  Too many existing MSDOS
programs just won't run.  Editors and system linkers are pretty important
pieces of software, and it's hard for me to find anything useful to do
with my system without these.  It _will_ run with Wendin's XTC editor
though.

But Wendin gives you source code, and they are working on the system.  I
say check it out, but don't be surprised if you find it difficult to
do anything useful under this initial version of PCUNIX.

Lloyd Zusman
Master Byte Software
(408) 395-5693