Enrico Mangano wrote:
>
> Hi all!
> I have just a question: what about Linux or a Unix system on a MSX ??
>
I have a disk here, which contain a sort of Unix implementation, it's
called ConIX. It's very old, and it could be incomplete, but maybe
somebody can do something with it.
A quote from the doc's:
ConIX Operating System Foreword
1. Foreword
In recent years, CP/M(tm) has become the industry standard
Operating System for most 8080, 8085 and Z80-based microcomputer
systems. CP/M has been around since the mid to late seventies, at
the time that disk systems were first being developed for micros.
The bulk of the original design is still found in version 2.2
which is being used to date.
Since the time CP/M was created, new concepts in operating system
technology have been developed. Unfortunately, CP/M, for the most
part, represents the older ``bare essentials'' style of operating
systems. Most programmers shy away at the thought of replacing
it, since there is probably no significant change that can be made
without losing compatibility with existing software. There have
been a few attempts, but nobody can jar the foot-hold CP/M has
taken on the microcomputer industry.
You may have heard about UNIX(tm), the revolutionary new Operating
System developed by AT&T Bell Labs for many large-scale
minicomputers. UNIX represents the latest innovation in operating
system software and is rapidly growing in popularity. Shell, the
program which interfaces UNIX to the user, is by far one of its
strongest points. It would be great if UNIX and Shell could run
on an 8-bit micro, but they can't, because of inherent limitations
in hardware speed and scope.
ConIX(tm) is an Operating System designed specifically for CP/M
microcomputers and has been modeled, in part, after the innovative
software technology of the UNIX shell. Surprisingly, ConIX
implements many of its most popular features. Surprising, because
most people are content in the belief that their micro can't do
the kinds of things that bigger and more expensive systems can.
Well, to some extent, we will be able to prove otherwise.
end quote
If you want it, please mail me.
Hans
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