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From: wolfe@mprvaxa.UUCP (Peter Wolfe)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: PC/IX and other Unix Systems
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Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 11:24:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 24 11:24:16 1984
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Organization: Microtel Pacific Research, Burnaby BC
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The VENIX VENTURCOM UNIX port that we have played with is system V not III.
In playing with it, it is much more like real UNIX than COHERENT (also
have played with that).  ALL the normal UNIX utilities are there and it
comes with CSH and VI etc. etc.

The speeds of both of these systems is notinh fantastic but what do you
expect from an 8-bit bus and not super hard disk drive.

Also note that there is a company out here in Vancouver, Canada that is/will
be offering a tuned version of COHERENT.  I think this implementation 
will actually allow multiple users doing I/O at reasonable speeds.
Name is Network Consulting Inc. and I don't have the address hadny but I think
they have adds in BYTE magazine.
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    Peter Wolfe
    Microtel Pacific Research
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