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Subject: Re: OS/9 and other operating systems
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Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:41:00 EST
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> 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.