27 Apr
2006
27 Apr
'06
2:26 p.m.
In message: <000701c66989$d8aa18e0$1901a8c0(a)myhome.westell.com>
"Bill Cunningham" <billcu1(a)verizon.net> writes:
: This xenix and venix OS thing. Where did these OSs come from? If minix
: and BSD are direct descendants of v4,5,6,7 where does linux fit in here?
venix was a v6 port to the 8086 and pdp-11 (the Digital Professional
computers). It was notable because it ran on the Digital Rainbow 100.
Later there was a 286 port of v7. I believe venturacom created this
port.
Warner