[TUHS] Fwd: Re: SPARC is CRAPS spelled backwards.

[William Pechter]

Should have copied the list... 

-----Original Message-----
From: William Pechter <pechter at gmail.com>
To: Henry Bent <henry.r.bent at gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:59
Subject: Re: [TUHS] SPARC is CRAPS spelled backwards.

There was Xenix-86 which ran on the AT&T 6300, and IBM PC/XT.  I ran it on an 8MHz NEC V30 cpu on the 6300.  I would love to install it on my Panasonic Sr. Partner but lost the install key. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Bent <henry.r.bent at gmail.com>
To: TUHS main list <tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org>
Sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:45
Subject: Re: [TUHS] SPARC is CRAPS spelled backwards.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 02:21, Peter Jeremy <peter at rulingia.com> wrote:

>
> An 8-bit memory bus means half as many RAM chips and buffers.  Keep in mind
> that the IBM 5150 was intentionally crippled to ensure it didn't compete
> with
> IBM's low-end minis.
>

Did the 5150 have a UNIX available anywhere near its launch date?   I know
that it had DOS, CP/M-86, and the UCSD p-System relatively early on.  It's
not clear to me whether Xenix ever supported the original PC; were there
other early porting efforts?

-Henry