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- From: wizard@teal.csn.org (Michael Willett)
- Subject: FAQ, General Info and Features for 4.0
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:58:41 GMT
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- Features Overview FAQ for Rev 4.X
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- Comp.os.coherent (Usenet) / Coherent list on ListServ@IndyCMS
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- Coherent Overview and Features:
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- COHERENT exists as two revisions. The 4.0.X revision supports the
- 386/486 architectures, and revision 3.X.X supports the 286 architecture.
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- 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.
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- 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
- - 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. (Possibly longer for most of us)
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- COHERENT will run on machines with 1MB of RAM and 20MB hard disks. The
- more ram and disk you have, the better it runs.
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- 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).
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- Future support will include the Always IN2000 and the Future Domain 16 bit
- SCSI host adapters.
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- 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.
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- COHERENT's kernel is around 100K.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- For specific technical information, e-mail... (No literature sent.)
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- support@mwc.com or uunet!mwc!support Compuserv; 76256,427 BIX; join mwc
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- Internet Forum; comp.os.coherent
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- 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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