Just happened to be perusing issue #3 of Softline, an old computer rag
published back in the early 1980s.
I came across an advertisement for an interesting program:
ANIX 1.0 by Randy Hyde
Lazer MicroSystems is proud to announce ANIX 1.0, one of the best software
tools money can buy. With many of the features that has made Bell Labs'
UNIX operating system so popular, ANIX is a flexible, easy to learn and
use operating system that can read and write DOS 3.3 files. Existing
files and databases are not obsoleted by ANIX, only complimented.
An operating system without application programs is useless. Supplied on
the disk with ANIX are over 30 useful utility programs. The utilities
alone are worth far more than the cost of the ANIX package. Some of the
utilities prodived with the ANIX package include: ADU, DUPDSK, PUTDOS,
TYPE, PRINT, STAT, DREN FREE 2, UNDEL, MAKE, SIZE, WORD COUNT (WC), LINE
COUNT (LC), BUILD, ED, INIT, MAKEAUTO, BTOT, and many more!
ANIX 1.0 was written by Randy Hyde, the author of LISA, SPEED/ASM,
DISASM/65, TRACE/65, DOSOURCE 3.3, portions of Apple PIE, and several
other professional software tools. ANIX is, by far, one of his best
efforts to date. For advanced 6502 programmers the source listings of
ANIX and all the utilities are also available.
ANIX 1.0 featyures:
- DOS 3.3 file structure compatable [sic]
- UNIX-like console command processor
- I/O can be redirected to a printer, slot, or disk file.
- Over 30 useful utilities and files.
- Smaller than DOS 3.3
A DOS 3.3-Compatable [sic] Operating System with the flavor of UNIX
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Has anyone ever heard of or used this? Has anyone got a copy? Can you
send a copy to me? :)
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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