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- From: mike@array.com (Mike Willett)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Coherent 4.0 Notes
- Keywords: Coherent Press Release Notes for 4.0
- Message-ID: <2811@monarch.array.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:44:54 GMT
- Organization: Array Microsystems, Colorado Springs, CO. USA
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- Since I do not have my 386 version yet, and not too many people do, this
- FAQ will be more "notes" based until we can get the forum going on a more
- technical side. For now, this is the paraphrased version (my editing) of the
- press releases put out by the Mark Williams Company.
-
- Postings have associated me with the Mark Williams Company. Although I
- think it would be great to be a part of such a company, I am not associated
- with the Mark Williams Company other than being a satisfied customer that
- really likes the way they have delivered their product. The FAQ is posted
- as a friendship service to my fellow usenet/bitnet users to enhance the use
- of the Coherent product for everybody.
-
- As always, I would like to see user input and help on the FAQs, espeically
- from the users/mwc who have the 386 version in their hands and can help the
- rest of us when we get our hands on it. :)
-
- --Mike
- mike@array.com
-
-
-
- A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E C O H E R E N T F O R U M :
-
- Comp.os.coherent (Usenet) / Coherent list on ListServ@IndyCMS
-
-
- Coherent 4.0 PRESS RELEASE NOTES:
- ---------------------------------
-
- COHERENT 4.0 is the successor to COHERENT 3.2. 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:
- ------------------------------
- - 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
- - Loadable device drivers
- - 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:
- ----------------------------
- COHERENT 4.0 The entire distribution consists of 6 floppy disks and
- installs in under 1 hour.
-
- COHERENT will run on machines with 1MB of RAM and 20MB hard disks
-
- COHERENT 4.0 runs on 386 and 486 based IBM AT compatible computers. 8 bit SCSI
- host adapters from Adaptec, Seagate and Future Domain are supported, as are
- IDE, RLL, MFM, ESDI and Perstor hard disk controllers. COHERENT 4.0 requires
- a minimum of 1 MB of RAM and will support systems with up to 64MB 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 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 $59.95. 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.
- --
- mike@array.com So much fun, so little time to enjoy it...
-
- System Administration: n, 1. Fixing yesterdays' problems tomorrow.
-