From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13755 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2021 20:27:17 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Apr 2021 20:27:17 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8F1E79CAA5; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 06:27:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA789C723; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 06:26:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1E1909C723; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 06:26:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [67.110.179.138]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3459D9C722 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 06:26:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F97101A3; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 16:26:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.anteil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PFv9sEKN-Wmr; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 16:26:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [192.168.1.22]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56A3810172; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 16:26:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:26:52 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Capp To: Josh Good Message-ID: <12445917.1513.1617740812263.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> In-Reply-To: <20210406201118.GA3953@naleco.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1512_2789789.1617740812262" X-Originating-IP: [192.168.200.43] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.7_GA_2476.RHEL4 (ZimbraWebClient - SAF3 (Linux)/6.0.7_GA_2473.UBUNTU8) Subject: Re: [TUHS] PC Unix (had been How to Kill a Technical Conference X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" ------=_Part_1512_2789789.1617740812262 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Josh, At the time (1982-83), Xenix was the only Unix available to me. By 1984, we upgraded to a full-fledged NCR 1632 system, with Unix SVR4. Installation was through a VGA console and after it was up and running, you could add serial terminals to your heart's content. We mostly wrote our own software, but had productivity packages for word processing, spreadsheets, and databases (non-SQL). Xenix was my first experience with *nix. I "caught the bug" and have been working with *nix ever since. Cheers, Jim From: "Josh Good" To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 4:11:19 PM Subject: Re: [TUHS] PC Unix (had been How to Kill a Technical Conference On 2021 Apr 6, 12:32, Charles H Sauer wrote: > For much of my last few years at IBM, my uucp machine, ibmchs, was an AT > running Xenix, probably that version of Xenix. Hi. I'm curious about that Xenix vintage. How did you use that machine: headless from a serial terminal?, or at the VGA console? Was it "single user" or shared among several people? Did you run Xenix and only SCO provided software, or did you had third party software in it? Were you using it by choice as your favourite Unix, or merely because it was the only Unix you could have? Did you like living with Xenix? Did it have problems, o was it "setup and forget"? If you feel like sharing that experience, thank you very much. -- Josh Good ------=_Part_1512_2789789.1617740812262 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <= div style=3D'font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'= >Josh,

At the time (1982-83), Xenix was the only Unix av= ailable to me.  By 1984, we upgraded to a full-fledged NCR 1632 system= , with Unix SVR4.

Installation was through a VGA c= onsole and after it was up and running, you could add serial terminals to y= our heart's content.

We mostly wrote our own softw= are, but had productivity packages for word processing, spreadsheets, and d= atabases (non-SQL).

Xenix was my first experience = with *nix.  I "caught the bug" and have been working with *nix ever si= nce.

Cheers,

Jim


From: "Josh Good" &= lt;pepe@naleco.com>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Sent: T= uesday, April 6, 2021 4:11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TUHS] PC Unix (had= been How to Kill a Technical Conference

On 2021 Apr  6, 12:32,= Charles H Sauer wrote:
> For much of my last few years at IBM, my uu= cp machine, ibmchs, was an AT
> running Xenix, probably that version= of Xenix.

Hi. I'm curious about that Xenix vintage. How did you use= that machine:
headless from a serial terminal?, or at the VGA console? = Was it "single
user" or shared among several people? Did you run Xenix a= nd only SCO
provided software, or did you had third party software in it= ? Were you
using it by choice as your favourite Unix, or merely because = it was the
only Unix you could have? Did you like living with Xenix? Did= it have
problems, o was it "setup and forget"?

If you feel like = sharing that experience, thank you very much.

--
Josh Good
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