Re: The COHERENT Operating System

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

COHERENT version 4 was released in May of 1992 for $100 (around $219
in 2024). This version made COHERENT a fully 32 bit operating system
and required at least an Intel 80386 CPU and 1MB of RAM. This version
also brought official support for X Windows and MGR to COHERENT for
the first time. This version was roughly compatible with UNIX SVR3.

  I bought Coherent from a local (Berlin) bookstore.
  Don't know the version, but it might have been in 1992.
  Then, on Coherent, I would use

/etc/disable /dev/com1r
/usr/local/bin/kermit
set line /dev/com1r
set speed 9600
serve

  , and IIRC in this way I was able to transfer data with my Amiga,
  where another Kermit was running.

  IIRC, I also used a Coherent command "dos" to transfer files
  to an MS-DOS system on the same computer.

  In the end, I might not have done much with Coherent, but it was
  a way to own something "UNIX like" before Linux (first published
  1991-09-17) became popular.