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I thought that Softway replaced the Microsoft PSXSS with their own but I don't remember for sure. This would be an interesting software archaeology rabbit hole
by EvanAnderson 4y ago
I thought that Softway replaced the Microsoft PSXSS with their own but I don't remember for sure. This would be an interesting software archaeology rabbit hole to go down.
Interix 2.2[0] shipped with its own PSXSS.EXE. I don't have a contemporaneous version of the PSXSS.EXE that shipped with Windows at that time to compare handy.
Finding a copy of OpenNT prior to the Microsoft acquisition is proving to be difficult.
[0] https://archive.org/details/INTERIX2.2.7z https://archive.org/details/INTERIX2.2.7z
- skissane 4y agoWasn’t their updated version a modified version of Microsoft’s original code, which they’d licensed from Microsoft? If that’s true, their PSXSS was more an enhancement than a “replacement”.
- EvanAnderson 4y agoThat would be interesting to know. I’d love to see a copy of OpenNT. Sadly, my experience started with it when it was already Interix. I know Microsoft negotiated source access/licensing with various third-party software “manufacturers” (like w/ Citrix for WinFrame). I’d love to know more about the arrangement with Softway. So much history is slipping away.
- skissane 4y agoApparently "BetaArchive" has a copy: https://www.betaarchive.com/database/view_release.php?uuid=d8ebdbb0-0b07-4e28-b7ba-ac5f932f7f30 https://www.betaarchive.com/database/view_release.php?uuid=d... However (putting aside the legalities of downloading "abandonware"), they won't let you download anything unless you first upload something they don't have. Heck, I probably do have something they don't have in my box of old floppy disks (which I keep on telling myself I will image one of these days), but my curiosity about this topic isn't strong enough to motivate me to do that.