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Subject: Is PC/IX still supported/used?
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Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 01:21:59 EDT
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I recently noticed an article related to PC/IX, a SYSIII UNIX distributed
by IBM in 1984. I sent an e-mail response to the sender with the answer
to his question. (Just in case my mail gets returned - the "*" is used
by the PC/IX assembler for 8-bit operands, whereas the "#" is for 
16-bit operands.) My question is, is PC/IX still being supported in any
fashion? I tried several calls to IBM concerning it but the response was
basically: "What's PC/IX?". It was ported for IBM by a company called
INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. Are they still in existence? Did they ever
provide "vi" for PC/IX? Any help would be appreciated.

I do have a copy of PC/IX by the way, found at a local used computer
store, unopened with full documentation. I've got it running on my
XT and frankly I'm very impressed and pleased with it. The response
on the XT is really not that bad (better than MINIX I'm sorry to say,
but don't get me wrong, I have the greatest regard for Tanenbaum and his
work on MINIX) and I imagine the performance on an AT would be 
that much more satisfactory.

Thanks for any leads or comments about PC/IX,

			Tony Travlos
			calprof@violet