Max Eskin wrote:
>
> First of all, did MS Xenix run on PC hardware?
MS Xenix never ran on much of anything, as Microsoft never made it
an end-user product. Altos Xenix ran on Altos boxes (68k and x86),
Tandy Xenix ran on TRS-80 Model 16 & Tandy 6000 (68k), SCO Xenix
ran on x86 and the rather short-lived IBM Xenix ran on x86. Both
IBM and SCO ports were available for the XT (512kb required), and
were underwhelming. A TRS-80 16 with 256kb outperformed it due to
the PC's memory architecture. I guess I shouldn't badmouth MS as
much as I do, since Xenix is what got me hooked on Unix.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 19:04:33 GMT