Aucbvax.1799
fa.info-cpm
utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!Gray@UCLA-SECURITY
Wed Jun 17 10:12:17 1981
Re: UNIX on a micro
There are actually several 'Unix-like' systems for micros...
Some with good, some with bad reputations. I haven't used any
of them myself, but consensus seems to be that OMNIX and OS1 are
losers, and Cromix and MARC are winners. All of these are
Z80 or 8080/Z80 based. For 68xx fans, there is Uniflex.
Cromix is offered by Cromemco, and I assume therefore that
it is intended only to run on Cromemco machines. Their earlier
operating system, CDOS, was more-or-less compatible with CPM 1.4,
but I don't know if there is any hope of running CPM2.2 stuff.
For more info: Cromemco, 280 Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040.
415 964-7400
MARC has some very interesting possibilities... it boots up under any
CPM system, it does have a CPM emulator (probably 1.4), and has
hard disk support. It runs on 8080/Z80s. For more info,
contact: Vortex Technology, POB 2284, Culver City, CA 90230
213 645-7200
Uniflex, for 68xx machines (I'm not sure which are supported), is a
product of Technical Systems Consultants. I don't have their
address handy.
--Terry Gray
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