Venix
Sign in to saveVenix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system for low-end computers, developed by VenturCom, a "company that specialises in the skinniest implementations of Unix".
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- Instance of
- operating system
- Platform
- IBM PC compatible
- Image
- Venix-screenshot.jpg
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- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1983-00-00
- software version identifier
- 4.2.1
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Venix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system for low-end computers, developed by VenturCom, a "company that specialises in the skinniest implementations of Unix".
==Overview== A working version of Venix/86 for the IBM PC XT was demonstrated at COMDEX in May 1983. It was based on Version 7 Unix with some enhancements from BSD (notably vi, more and csh) and custom inter-process communication mechanisms. It was the first licensed UNIX operating system available for the IBM PC and its compatibles, supported read/write access to a separate DOS/FAT-partition and could run in as little as 128 KB (256 KB - 512 KB recommended).
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