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XENIX was my first nix. Back around 1985 my high school had a Tandy TRS80 with the 68000 processor and 6-12 terminals. They used it to replace a Burroughs mini
by ja27 13y ago
XENIX was my first nix. Back around 1985 my high school had a Tandy TRS80 with the 68000 processor and 6-12 terminals. They used it to replace a Burroughs mini for the COBOL class. I just barely missed punching cards for the Burroughs and instead learned vi and stupid tricks like writing to other users' ttys. I still torment my Microsoftie friends when I remind them that they're the ones that got me started on nix, long before Linux or OSX came around.
- ja27 13y agoMy next phase of using XENIX unfortunately never happened. I ran some version of MINIX on 8088 hardware and would gladly have picked up XENIX if it were available sub-$100 back then. Instead I migrated to DESQview, which amazed me with what it was able to accomplish compared to early Microsoft Windows versions. It wasn't until 386BSD appeared that I ran a unix on home PC hardware again before moving on to the early Linuxes.
- eschaton 13y agoThe TRS-80 Model II/16 or just the Model 16? It shouldn't surprise you that there was also a version of 68000 Xenix for the Lisa.
- ja27 12y agoNot sure. I'm also one of the few that used A/UX on the 68k Macs.