From: wizard@teal.csn.org (Michael Willett)
Subject: FAQ, General Info and Features for 4.0
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:58:41 GMT



                     Features Overview FAQ for Rev 4.X

                                  Rev. 2.2



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Coherent Overview and Features:
---------------------------------
COHERENT exists as two revisions. The 4.0.X revision supports the
386/486 architectures, and revision 3.X.X supports the 286 architecture.

Coherent 4.0 capitalizes on the 386 and 486 architecture, and Coherent
3.2 allows users to run Coherent on the 286 architecture as well as
386 and 486 CPUs, but, is limited to 64K memory segments.

COHERENT 4.0 FEATURES OUTLINE:
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- 32-bit flat address space (386 native mode).
- Virtual consoles and multi-session support.
- Support for third-party C++, COBOL, FORTRAN and BASIC compilers.
- Monolithic K&R C compiler with in memory temp files (it's fast!).
- Fully documented assembler supports conditional assembly, listings and
  assembly time variables.
- Optimizing linker.
- Terminfo support.
- Record locking.
- Enhanced buffer cache.
- New async driver supports up to 32 ports.
- over 200 UNIX commands,
- Bourne and Korn shells
- vi, MicroEMACS, sed, ed
- 386 assembler, awk, lex, yacc, m4
- linker, archiver, assembly language debugger, make
- UUCP, ckermit
- ar, cpio, tar, compress, uncompress, zcat
- nroff, troff with LaserJet and Postscript support.
- Many Berkeley utilities
- International and user-definable keyboard support.
- Improved DOS utilities support DOS 5.0 filesystems.
- Built-in support for multi-user cards made by ARNET Corp., Comtrol Corp.,
  Connect Tech, DigiBoard, GTEK, Sea Level Systems and other third party
  vendors.

INSTALL NOTES/MORE on FEATURES:
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COHERENT 4.0  The entire distribution consists of 6 floppy disks and
installs in under 1 hour. (Possibly longer for most of us)

COHERENT will run on machines with 1MB of RAM and 20MB hard disks.  The
more ram and disk you have, the better it runs.

COHERENT 4.0 runs on most 386 and 486 ISA/EISA based IBM compatible
computers. 8 bit SCSI from Future Domain and Seagate are supported, as
are IDE, RLL, MFM, ESDI and Perstor hard disk controllers. 16 bit
controllers such as the Adaptec 154X, DPT Smart Connex SCSI host adapter
(WD emulation) and the DPT Smart Cache Plus EISA 16 bit bit (WD emulation).

Future support will include the Always IN2000 and the Future Domain 16 bit
SCSI host adapters.

COHERENT 4.0 requires a minimum of 1 MB of RAM and will support systems with
up to 16MB of RAM.  It works with monochrome, CGA, EGA, and VGA/SVGA displays.

COHERENT's kernel is around 100K.

COHERENT 4.0's new features is a development system which produces System V
Intel BCS compliant COFF binaries that run on many other compliant PC UNIX
systems, such as The Santa Cruz Operation's (SCO) SCO UNIX System V/386
Version 3.2.2, a licensee of AT&T's System V UNIX.

COHERENT 4.0's development tools include an optimizing C compiler, a new
optimizing linker, and versions of lex, yacc, awk, make as well as termcap,
terminfo and curses.

COHERENT 4.0 also comes with a new 386 macro-assembler.  The assembler is
fully documented and supports conditional assembly, listings, and assembly
time variables.

COHERENT 4.0 also contains versions of the traditional UNIX text processing
utilities, nroff and troff, along with support for the LaserJet(PCL) and
PostScript.

COHERENT comes with UUCP, ckermit and kermit.

COHERENT's administrative commands include several archiving utilities,
a Bourne shell, a Korn shell, System V style cron, virtual console
support, on-line manual pages and many of the popular Berkeley utilities.

COHERENT 4.0 has built in support for multi-user cards made by ARNET Corp.,
Chase Research, Inc., Comtrol Corp, Connect Tech, Inc., DigiBoard, GTEK, Inc.,
Sea Level Systems, Specialix Corp., Sritek, Inc., and Stargate Technologies.

COHERENT SALES CONTACTS:
------------------------
Mark Williams Company continues to make every effort to keep the price of
COHERENT down and to provide customers with maximum value.  COHERENT
4.0 costs $99.95.  This price includes unlimited free technical support, an
unlimited user license, and a 1200 page manual.  Registered users can upgrade
to COHERENT 4.0 from COHERENT 3.2 for $79.95.  COHERENT 4.0, and the COHERENT
4.0 update, are available from the Mark Williams Company, 60 Revere Drive,
Northbrook, Illinois, 60062, United States of America.

(If ordering, tell us the size of your 'A' drive. Update customers are
required to also include their serial number.)

Phone; 1-800-627-5967 or..   1-708-291-6700 Fax;   1-708-291-6750

For Sales Literature or electronic ordering, e-mail complete mailing
address to...  sales@mwc.com or uunet!mwc!sales

For specific technical information, e-mail... (No literature sent.)

support@mwc.com or uunet!mwc!support Compuserv; 76256,427 BIX; join mwc

Internet Forum; comp.os.coherent

COHERENT is a registered trademark of the Mark Williams Corporation.
Intel386 is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
SCO is a registered trademark of the Santa Cruz Operation.







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