9 Oct
2005
9 Oct
'05
5:41 p.m.
Pete Hollobon wrote:
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.
cheers
Jules