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Venix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system

low-end computers, developed by VenturCom, a "company that specialises in the skinniest implementations of Unix".[1] Overview[edit] 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.[2] 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).[3] In September 1984, Venix/86 Encore was released; it supported a number of early PC-compatibles, including the AT&T 6300, the Zenith 150, the (first) NCR PC, and the Texas Instruments Professional Computer.[4] Venix Encore, which then became Venix 2.0, was still based on Version 7 Unix, and ran on the DEC Rainbow 100 (Venix/86R) as well as PCs (Venix/86 and /286).[5] The system contained a number of enhancements, notably tools to access DOS files directly on a DOS/FAT-partition, and an updated ADB debugger.

Venix is a discontinued version of the Unixoperating system for low-end computers, developed by VenturCom, a "company that specialises in the skinniest implementations of Unix". [5] The system contained a number of enhancements, notably tools to access DOS files directly on a DOS/FAT-partition, and an updated ADB debugger. [2] BYTE stated that Venix on the DEC Professional and IBM PC "performed adequately," but criticized its limit on background processes.

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