DNIX and ABCenix install media disk images.

Al Kossow aek at bitsavers.org
Thu Nov 17 12:59:29 CST 2016


I've uploaded them to bitsavers.org/bits/DIAB

I should get my Colex 68K unix bits pulled together
It was a VME 80186 MSDOS system that had a 68000/68451 board grafted onto it to run Unisoft Unix

On 11/17/16 10:52 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> A guy in Sweden made the effort to image the install media for DNIX 5.3 and 5.12 as well as ABCenix 5.12.
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96935524/Datormusuem/dnix-imd.tar.bz2
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96935524/Datormusuem/ABCnix.tar.bz2
> 
> 
> These are for computers made by DIAB (later part of Bull) DS90 and Luxor ABC1600 (branded Luxor but developed by DIAB). 
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataindustrier_AB
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_1600
> 
> They all were 68k based. The early DS90 had 68010 + 68451 MMU. The ABC1600 had 68008 and some homebuilt MMU. The ABC1600
> is quite a nice machine with 768x1024 b/w portrait screen that can be twisted into landscape. It has a simple windowing
> system. Actually half of the hardware that make up the system is the graphics board. Unfortunately the 68008 makes it
> quite weak.
> 
> I hope that the imaged disk can end up in a safer place than my dropbox, for example Bitsavers...
> 
> Thanks Jonas Malm for doing the disk images (I am just the messanger)!
> 
> /Mattis



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