From: marcr@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Marc Rassbach)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Esix 4.0.3 for sale.
Date: 9 Sep 1992 03:53:51 GMT
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Esix V.4.0.3 unlimited user development set for sale.
$850 OBO


(From the manual Pg 1-1 to 1-4)

     ESIX/V.4 is a certified port and an enhanced implementation 
of AT&T Unix System V Release 4 for ant PC/AT-compatible computer 
using the Intel 80386 or 80486 microprocessor.

     The current release of ESIX/V.4 is derived from the same 
source code as that of AT&T Unix System V/386 Release 4.0.  This 
new Unix standardizes the Unix system by unifying all the major 
prior Unix derivatives and introducing new technology.  It 
provides an environment capable of running application programs 
developed for earlier releases of AT&T Unix System V/386 as well 
as SCO Xenix System V/386.  In addition to the high performance 
and reliability, ESIX/V.4 offers users a powerful and flexible 
multi-user and multi-tasking working environment.  The window-
oriented sysadmin OA&M software package included with each copy 
of ESIX/V.4 makes the tasks of system administration easy to 
learn and handle.

     ESIX/V.4 provides:
o    Unix System V Release 4.0, Release 3.x, and SCO Xenix binary 
     compatibility.

o    User-friendly installation procedure which allows Unix and 
     DOS partitions on the same hard disk.

o    Full networking capabilities over Ethernet and asychronous 
     line, including TCP/IP, Network File System with yp-Server,
     Remote File Sharing, Remote Procedure Call/External Data
     Representation, and other facilities.  ESIX also supports 
     Sockets, which is a networking interface widely used in BSD
     systems.

o    Basic Networking Unit (BNU) that includes commands such as 
     uucp and cu.

o    Support for many IBM PC/AT-compatible computers and 
     peripherals, including SCSI, ESDI, IDE, RLL, and MFM hard 
     disks, streaming tape devices, various display adapters 
     including CGA, EGA, and  VGA up to 1024x768 pixels 
     resolution and 256 colors, X-Window terminals, and many
     display terminals.

o    Conforms with IEEE P1003 POSIX standards and AT&T's
     standards documented in System V Interface Definition (SVID3).

o    Device-Kernal Interface (DKI), an interface between the ESIX
     System V kernal and device driver software.

o    Device Driver Interface (DDI), a superset of the DKI.

o    Enhancements to the Operating System which include the Virtual
     Memory (VM) memory management architecture, a system access
     mechanism called Service Access Facility, STREAMS-based 
     terminal sub-system and pipes, BSD job control, Expanded
     Fundamental Types, booting changes and enhancements.

o    Enhancements to File System to support a wide variety of file 
     system types on the same system,  The following is a list of 
     file systems:
     
       s5     - stores data in disk blocks of 0.5K, 1K or 2K bytes
       ufs    - a file system type based on the BSD system "fast
                file system"; it supports data storage in disk 
                blocks as large as 8K bytes.
       rfs    - a distributed file system type, it supports 
                Remote File Sharing capabilities.
       nfs    - a distributed file system type, it supports 
                Network File Systems capabilities.
       proc   - a file system type useful for debuggers and
                similar utilities; it provides a mechanism for
                accessing the address space of running processes.
       fifofs - a file system type that provides common access to
                pipe files.
       specfs - a file system type that provides a common code
                interface to all device files.
       bfs    - a file system type that provides support for file 
                system independent booting; a bfs system contains 
                all the programs necessary for the boot process.

o    System Administration and Maintenance - simplifies the
     system administration and maintenance process, and it adds
     functionalities to meet the demands of increasing complex 
     computer and network configurations.

o    Real-time process support.

o    Character User Interface - an extension to the Form and Menu
     Language Interpreter (FMLI).

o    Industry-standard X-Window version 11.4 with programming 
     tools to support the OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface,
     MOTIF Graphical User Interface, and the XWIN and X11/NeWS
     graphical windowing systems.

o    Multi-lingual Support which includes international code sets,
     multi-byte characters, message handling facilities for
     translation, and national conventions.

o    ANSI C programming utilities.

o    Extended Terminal Interface - a standard programming interface
     for character mode screen management and text operations.

o    On-line Manual pages.
                                                                
-- 
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MS-DOS - it's not   marc@milestn.mil.wi.us    is your problem, not mine!
my problem!     If it was said on UseNet, it must be true.
   Unix - It's a nice place to live, but you don't want to visit there.
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