30 Apr
2010
30 Apr
'10
1:46 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Mark Davidson <mdavidson1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
Aargh... don't remind me. ?Even though it would
not be able to do
much, I actually miss my first Unix box... an IBM PC/XT running PC/ix.
?I have been searching for YEARS to find another copy of PC/ix, to no
avail.
Not sure if it may have been you posting on this thread, but here is
an old discussion of PC/ix:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?11151-PC-IX-Images
The OP had posted disk images but the links are now dead. Trixter
(who I believe is on this list?) also downloaded them. Maybe he still
has them? I wouldn't mind giving it a try on my idle XT, too.
--
jht
30 Apr
30 Apr
1:54 p.m.
I received a reply to my original posting with a link (working) to the
discussion as well as to the images. The images can be found at:
http://maben.homeip.net/static/S100/IBM/software/PCIX/index.html
I'm going to assume that it's ok to post this to the list. Thank you,
though, for the link to the discussion. :)
Now if I could just find an original copy with the docs... PC/ix had
some awesome manuals (no man pages because of the space limitations).
Mark
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Mark Davidson
<mdavidson1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
Aargh... don't remind me. ?Even though it
would not be able to do
much, I actually miss my first Unix box... an IBM PC/XT running PC/ix.
?I have been searching for YEARS to find another copy of PC/ix, to no
avail.
Not sure if it may have been you posting on this thread, but here is
an old discussion of PC/ix:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?11151-PC-IX-Images
The OP had posted disk images but the links are now dead. ?Trixter
(who I believe is on this list?) also downloaded them. ?Maybe he still
has them? ?I wouldn't mind giving it a try on my idle XT, too.
--
jht
2:09 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Mark Davidson <mdavidson1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
Now if I could just find an original copy with the
docs... PC/ix had
some awesome manuals (no man pages because of the space limitations).
A post toward the end of that thread was from a guy who had complete
docs; it's from 2/10, so maybe still valid?
And if anyone gets them - please scan and contribute. I can host!
--
jht
1 May
1 May
7:21 p.m.
Has anyone tried to run this on an emulator? I tried with vmware, and
it isn't so happy with whatever you get there for a cpu in real mode.
Just a half high CGA cursor and what appears to be 10 or 12 line video mode.
I wonder if bochs could run it.
I know everyone here wants to run in on their 8088's PC or XT's but it
would be interesting to run w/o having to set up another system.
I booted the maint disk by the way, which is an assumption I made based
on experience with AIX, which also started from maint on the RT and
later the RS6000.
Thanks to whoever's site has them, up, looks like someone who's name I
should recognize.
jim
On 4/30/2010 2:09 PM, Jason T wrote:
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Mark
Davidson<mdavidson1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
Now if I could just find an original copy with
the docs... PC/ix had
some awesome manuals (no man pages because of the space limitations).
A post toward the end of that thread was from a guy who had complete
docs; it's from 2/10, so maybe still valid?
And if anyone gets them - please scan and contribute. I can host!
30 Apr
30 Apr
1:55 p.m.
--- On Fri, 4/30/10, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
Just did a bit of quick poking on the site - looks like it just got reorganized.
Try here:
http://maben.homeip.net/static/S100/IBM/software/PCIX/
-Ian
?I have been
searching for YEARS to find another copy
of PC/ix, to no
avail.
The OP had posted disk images but the links are now
dead.? Trixter
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