Date   : Wed, 04 Dec 1985 03:33:37 GMT
From   : rik%ucla-cs.uucp@BRL.ARPA
Subject: Unix on CP/M 2.2

Is anybody familiar with "C/NIX"?  I received a catalogue from  SPITE
SOFTWARE, Portland, OR, with the following ad:

    C/NIX adds most of the power of Unix to any CP/M 2.2 system.  C/NIX
    features include named hierarchical directories, redirectable I/O, and
    many of the commands and utilities of Unix (ls, cd, mkdir, tree, walk,
    grep, etc.)  Even on-line Help!  [...]  You can even turn on a "log"
    file, which captures everything that appears on the screen and places it
    in a file.  [...]  Even with all these features, you can still use DIR,
    TYPE, PIP or any other operatings system utilities you have become
    familiar with.  At $59.95, C/NIX is a remarkable package.  It's a big
    package though, and we recommend it for daily use only for those with
    double-sided or hard disks.

Apparently they have it available for Morrow, Kaypro, Epson QX-10,
Osborne Exec, Osborne 1, and a few others.

Anybody any experience with this?  Is it as good as it sounds?  I sure
wouldn't mind a couple of Unix features on my CP/M, but at $59.95 I'm
afraid it's going to be a kind of trivial product...?

Rik Verstraete
3804G Boelter Hall             rik@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
University of California       ...!{ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!rik
Los Angeles, CA 90024