D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] OT: VMS 30 today

 

On Thursday 08 November 2007 08:10, James Fidell wrote:
> Tom Potts wrote:
> > On Wednesday 07 November 2007 18:06, Rob Beard wrote:
> >>> yours if you want it,  along with a case, and the mentioned 286 or 386.
> >>>
> >>> If it is a 286 I may be able to dig out a set of Xenix discs for it!
> >>> Tom te tom te tom
> >>
> >> Xenix?  Wasn't that Microsoft's flavour of Unix?
> >
> > I think these were from the company that bought it up - Santa Clause
> > Operation or something before they turned to the really dark side
>
> Xenix was indeed a SCO thing.  I don't recall seeing it much in use
> after the early 90s though.
But I think you can use it (or Minix 1) to get some life out of an old 286 an 
get some unix/posix functionality out of it - show those young 
whippersnappers what it was like during the war...
Tom te tom te tom
>


-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html