13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
12:08 p.m.
A Corvus _Unix_ box? What was the model designation for this beast? I
have a Corvus Concept 68k with shelves full of manuals and lots of
software. None of it seems to be Unix-y.
--
Do you have the service manual for the Corvus Omnidrive?
I've been trying to find that for the bitsavers archive for a
while now.
Corvus took the basic Concept hardware and added a SUN-style MMU
to the memory board and tried to sell it with Unisoft Unix as a
first try at a Unix computer. This machine didn't have a bitmapped
display.
There were several iterations of the design (Frank McConnell may
remember all of them). The two that probably sold the most were
to Valid Systems as the SCALDstation, and to Unisys.
13 Nov
13 Nov
12:28 p.m.
So, in the firmament of micro Unix systems, where does Onyx (or Onyx+IMI)
fit into the picture? Just another Unix box or something unusual?
Cheers,
Chuck
2:51 p.m.
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Al Kossow wrote:
A Corvus _Unix_ box? What was the model designation for this beast? I
have a Corvus Concept 68k with shelves full of manuals and lots of
software. None of it seems to be Unix-y.
--
Do you have the service manual for the Corvus Omnidrive?
I've been trying to find that for the bitsavers archive for a
while now.
I believe I do, but it's not accessible at the moment due to home
destruction, err, construction.
Corvus took the basic Concept hardware and added a
SUN-style MMU
to the memory board and tried to sell it with Unisoft Unix as a
first try at a Unix computer. This machine didn't have a bitmapped
display.
There were several iterations of the design (Frank McConnell may
remember all of them). The two that probably sold the most were
to Valid Systems as the SCALDstation, and to Unisys.
Cool. I'll keep my eyes open for these.
18 Nov
18 Nov
7:03 p.m.
On Sun, November 13, 2005 5:08 pm, Al Kossow said:
A Corvus _Unix_ box? What was the model designation for this beast? I
have a Corvus Concept 68k with shelves full of manuals and lots of
software. None of it seems to be Unix-y.
You're a handy man to know - I've got a Concept 68K waiting for me but
it's the system box only, no display cable or video specs or anything like
that. If it doesn't run some flavour of *nix then what does it run?
cheers,
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
7:47 p.m.
New subject: NEC PC-8001 RACET NECDOS
For your NEC PC-8001 collectors, I've got a copy (disk and manual, never
used) of RACET NECDOS, circa 1981. Yours for the postage. (Note: by
peering into the book, this beast is very PC-8001-specific; it ties into
the NEC BASIC ROM).
Cheers,
Chuck
19 Nov
19 Nov
9:06 p.m.
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Witchy wrote:
I think they call it "Concept OS" (from memory, as everything Corvus is in
the loft of my garage and inaccessible at the moment). Definitely not
Unix or anything even close.
Steve
A Corvus _Unix_ box? What was the model designation for this beast? I
have a Corvus Concept 68k with shelves full of manuals and lots of
software. None of it seems to be Unix-y.
You're a handy man to know - I've got a Concept 68K waiting for me but
it's the system box only, no display cable or video specs or anything like
that. If it doesn't run some flavour of *nix then what does it run?
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