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Quote:>  1. UNIX costs way to much (ie. $150 for OS/2, $2000 for UNIX).

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I think you're talking about MW's Coherent.  Comparable to UNIX like
a tricycle with training wheels is comparable to a 12-speed racing bike.

If you're looking for *source code* (who isn't?) then Minix is the
way to go.  It's not the real thing either, but Andy wrote something
worth cutting your teeth on, nonetheless.  Coherent?  Bah.  Give me
source, or give me UNIX!

Oh boy ... I can feel the flames now.  All those Coherent users coming
out of the closet, mad as hell. ;-)
--
Mike Stefanik, MGI Inc., Los Angeles -- Opinions stated are never realistic!
"He who inspects errno before a system call returns failure shall be buried
before he is dead." - Dan Bernstein

The system does seem to be worth the price, but it has some
very limiting features.  You can read about it and ask questions
in "comp.os.coherent" newsgroup.  Most purchase it so they can
become acquainted with a UNIX-like OS.

At $150, I would think OS/2 is a much better deal (IMHO) because it
comes with GUI, can run DOS programs, and some other stuff that
others would be much more qualified to answer (i.e. program size
in Coherent currently is limited to 64K + 64K data (?)).

(just another 2 cents)
Scott
--
"The best thing about the future is that
 it comes only one day at a time." -Abe Lincoln

 Well I read about a UNIX SYS V for $399 in Unix World ...

 But one thing is shure :

 Don't buy that ugly ! thing called Windows and called 'MULTITASKING' ja!

 Jose A. Vela Avila

   ITESM

Quote:>I remember hearing or reading an article which said that somebody
>somewhere made a clone of the Unix system, which was functionally
>complete. The great thing was that the author was selling it for only
>$100. The bad news is that I don't recall anything about the product,
>like the name or author. If anyone remembers anything like this, please
>post it, as I'm sure a lot of people would like to get in on this.

As far as I know it still cost $2000 to get a developement environment for 32bit
UNIX with X.  OS/2 2.0 will be $200 and you can get a C compiler for $200 and OS/2 SDK
softset for $100, for a total of $500, a lot cheaper.

Don Clayton
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I used VM/CMS and TOPS-20 before going on to UNIX, and it was like a breath
of fresh air. Later exposure to VAX/VMS, OS/1100, RSX-11/M, RMX-86, and
MS-DOS haven't changed my mind.

And that's without considering the API...
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Quote:>I used VM/CMS and TOPS-20 before going on to UNIX, and it was like a breath
>of fresh air. Later exposure to VAX/VMS, OS/1100, RSX-11/M, RMX-86, and
>MS-DOS haven't changed my mind.

Quote:>In addition to VM/CMS and TOPS-20, I lived thru MFT, MVT, MVS, TSO, TOPS-10,
>RT-11, and PICK before hitting UNIX.  What a relief...  I could actually
>*do* things in UNIX rather than look up obscure abend codes in manuals
>on the other side of the University.  (PICK wasn't so bad I will admit).
>Subsequent exposure to FLEX, CP/M, DOS, VERSADOS, NOS/VE, and VMS hasn't changed
>my mind.

Cheers,



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Kai Uwe Rommel

DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt
handler, and always will be.                -Russell Williams

No, ioctl() can and should be eliminated, to further simplify the I/O model.