Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!bradley!bucc2!markb From: markb@bucc2.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: OS/9 and other operating systems Message-ID: <56200001@bucc2> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:41:00 EST Article-I.D.: bucc2.56200001 Posted: Sat Dec 5 11:41:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 10:42:55 EST Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:<8712030211.AA03408@ucbvax.Berke:-40:bucc2:56200001:000:1174 Nf-From: bucc2.UUCP!markb Dec 5 10:41:00 1987 > Which candidates do I see? Well, there are OS/9 and RTOS-UH. MINIX is > being ported and there are even rumours about UNIX. I've read very > positive articles about EUMEL (which I have never used or seen at work) > in German magazines. There may be more. Hope we'll know soon. > I hope this will be the start of an interesting and useful discussion. I remember reading a Xenix ad for the ST in a back issue of STart magazine about a year ago, but I haven't seen any advertisments since then. Xenix would be a good OS for the ST. With a good implementation, it should provide multitasking, Unix capability, reliability, etc. I used to work at a Junior College, and we had a Tandy 6000 (with a 68000) that ran Xenix. I was surprised at how much I liked it. The implementation of Xenix itself on that system was enough to turn a Trash-80 into a serious computer. If anyone knows anything more about this Xenix, then I would really like to hear more about it. I haven't been able to find that ad... By the way, what are the major differences between Unix and Xenix? After working with both OS's quite a bit, I really haven't seen any big differences.