9 Oct
2005
9 Oct
'05
6:23 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:41:07 +0100
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Pete Hollobon wrote:
Xenix runs fine in the 512KB of the Altos 586, and supports multiple
users in that memory.
Does anyone know if Xenix / Unix were ever
available on the NS 16032
second processor for the BBC micro? I remember reading that it was
intended to be made available in the user's guide years ago.
I don't *think* it ever saw the light of day. As others have
mentioned, it was planned for the ABC 2xx / Cambridge Workstation
machines, but I don't think it was anything more than vapourware.
Occasionally I see comments along the lines of most people ditching
PANOS on the ACW in favour of Xenix - but I'm yet to find any evidence
from talking to people who origianlly owned the machines back in the
day that this was the case.
Would Xenix likely even run in the 1MB of the BBC Micro's 32016 copro?
I can believe it'd be usable on the 4MB of the ACW, but might be
pushing it a bit in 1MB.