AIX PS/2

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Tue Apr 7 07:13:31 1998

>
> Max Eskin wrote:
> >
> > In IBM's description of the PS/2 Model 70, the said that it ran
> > DOS 3.3 and higher, OS/2 1.0x and higher, and AIX PS/2. Does anyone
> > have possession/experience with the last item? I guess it's a form
> > of UNIX.
>
> The product was stillborn, to the best of my knowledge. If it ever
> actually shipped as far as beta test I'd be greatly surprised. And
> I'd be looking for a copy. It's about the only excuse I'd ever have
> to get a branded IBM Microchannel system. (And I know a company
> with a _bunch_ of retired PS/2s of various models that they have no
> idea what to do with).
> --
> Ward Griffiths
> They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
> Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
> Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
>

Actually, I've been told up to Rev 1.3 of AIX shipped for PS/2s.
It was based off of Interactive's Unix port and was pretty lousy
compared with stuff that's out from the FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OpenBSD
crowd. I've actually run Linux on a mod 80 and mod 95 PS/2.

The best Unix to run on the 386 and up PS/2s was SCO. They've got
Unixware and SCO Open Desktop available for non-commercial use from their
web page.

I'd love to put Linux up on a PS/2 here -- but from what I've seen, it's
not worth the effort -- since faster 486 machines are being surplused
by places every day.

Bill
Running Linux since 0.99
Running FreeBSD since 1.02
Running CP/M since 2.2
Running MS-DOS since 2.1 (unfortunately)

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