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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The GNU Manifesto
Message-ID: <1490@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 18:39:10 GMT
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Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article ... nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
> In article <1447@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> >And, of course, one of my main points is that an 8088 running real UNIX is
> >already something. I've used it, and I'd rather have it than an 80386 running
> >Minix.

> Ok, I'll bite.  Who has written this V7 Unix for the 8088? Where is it
> available, blah, blah? I've been looking for a well-written operating
> system for the 8088 for a long time. 

VenturCom did an early port of PDP-11 Version 7 UNIX to the 8088, and Microsoft
has Xenix for the machine as well. The SCO Xenix for the XT is quite a bit
zippier than MessyDOS. It's not real Version 7 any more, but it IS real
UNIX.

I believe the best way to get to Venturcom is via Cambridge Digital. At least
it used to be. Xenix is pretty pricey by comparison.
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