6 Apr
1998
6 Apr
'98
2:20 p.m.
In IBM's description of the PS/2 Model 70, the said that it ran
DOS 3.3 and higher, OS/2 1.0x and higher, and AIX PS/2. Does anyone
have possession/experience with the last item? I guess it's a form
of UNIX.
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6 Apr
6 Apr
8:17 p.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
In IBM's description of the PS/2 Model 70, the said that it ran
DOS 3.3 and higher, OS/2 1.0x and higher, and AIX PS/2. Does anyone
have possession/experience with the last item? I guess it's a form
of UNIX.
The product was stillborn, to the best of my knowledge. If it ever
actually shipped as far as beta test I'd be greatly surprised. And
I'd be looking for a copy. It's about the only excuse I'd ever have
to get a branded IBM Microchannel system. (And I know a company
with a _bunch_ of retired PS/2s of various models that they have no
idea what to do with).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
7 Apr
7 Apr
3:13 a.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
Actually, I've been told up to Rev 1.3 of AIX shipped for PS/2s.
It was based off of Interactive's Unix port and was pretty lousy
compared with stuff that's out from the FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OpenBSD
crowd. I've actually run Linux on a mod 80 and mod 95 PS/2.
The best Unix to run on the 386 and up PS/2s was SCO. They've got
Unixware and SCO Open Desktop available for non-commercial use from their
web page.
I'd love to put Linux up on a PS/2 here -- but from what I've seen, it's
not worth the effort -- since faster 486 machines are being surplused
by places every day.
Bill
Running Linux since 0.99
Running FreeBSD since 1.02
Running CP/M since 2.2
Running MS-DOS since 2.1 (unfortunately)
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In IBM's description of the PS/2 Model 70, the said that it ran
DOS 3.3 and higher, OS/2 1.0x and higher, and AIX PS/2. Does anyone
have possession/experience with the last item? I guess it's a form
of UNIX.
The product was stillborn, to the best of my knowledge. If it ever
actually shipped as far as beta test I'd be greatly surprised. And
I'd be looking for a copy. It's about the only excuse I'd ever have
to get a branded IBM Microchannel system. (And I know a company
with a _bunch_ of retired PS/2s of various models that they have no
idea what to do with).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
3:54 a.m.
I remember back in '98 when Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
> Max Eskin wrote:
> >
> > In IBM's description of the PS/2 Model 70, the said that it ran
> > DOS 3.3 and higher, OS/2 1.0x and higher, and AIX PS/2. Does anyone
> > have possession/experience with the last item? I guess it's a form
> > of UNIX.
>
> The product was stillborn, to the best of my knowledge. If it ever
> actually shipped as far as beta test I'd be greatly surprised. And
> I'd be looking for a copy. It's about the only excuse I'd ever have
> to get a branded IBM Microchannel system. (And I know a company
> with a _bunch_ of retired PS/2s of various models that they have no
> idea what to do with).
> --
> Ward Griffiths
<...>
Actually, I've been told up to Rev 1.3 of AIX
shipped for PS/2s.
It was based off of Interactive's Unix port and was pretty lousy
compared with stuff that's out from the FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OpenBSD
crowd. I've actually run Linux on a mod 80 and mod 95 PS/2.
<...>
I actually used an aix ps/2 machine for several years.. Just checked and
it seems that someone finally pulled the plug on the machine (used to
be tcet.unt.edu). It was a pretty lousy *nix, as far as compatability
went, though it seemed reasonably fast running on a (??) 386 ps/2 of
some type. I managed to learn quite a bit about C and unix by trying
to get various programs to compile under it. I think after about 2 years
I was able to compile lynx, tin, elm, nethack . . It makes me really
appreciate the FSFs autoconf stuff.
m@
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