- SINIX
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name = SINIX / Reliant UNIX
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developer =Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme ,Fujitsu Siemens Computers
source_model =Closed source
kernel_type =Monolithic kernel
supported_platforms =Intel 80186 ,Intel 80386 , MIPS
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family =UNIX System V
latest_release_version = 5.43 (SINIX), 5.45 (Reliant UNIX)
latest_release_date =1995 (SINIX)
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working_state = Discontinued
license = Proprietary
website = [http://manuals.fujitsu-siemens.com/softbooks/unix/us/relux_us.htm Reliant UNIX/SINIX]SINIX (later renamed to Reliant UNIX) was a version of the
Unix operating system fromSiemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme . SupersedesSIRM OS andPyramid Technology 'sDC/OSx . Its last release under the SINIX name was version 5.43 in 1995. FollowingX/Open 's acceptance that its requirements for the use of the UNIXtrademark were met, version 5.44 and subsequent releases were published as Reliant UNIX byFujitsu Siemens Computers . The last release of Reliant UNIX was version 5.45.The original SINIX was a modified version of
Xenix and ran onIntel 80186 processor s. Later versions based on System V were designed for the SNI RM-200, RM-300, RM-400 and RM-600 servers running on the MIPS processor (SINIX-N, SINIX-O, SINIX-P, SINIX-Y) and for thePC-MXi on theIntel 80386 processor (SINIX-L).In some versions of SINIX the user could emulate the behaviour of a number of different versions of Unix (known as "universes"). These included System V.3, System III or BSD. Each universe had its own command set, libraries and
header file s.ee also
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VM2000
*BS2000 External links
* [http://manuals.fujitsu-siemens.com/softbooks/unix/us/relux_us.htm Reliant UNIX/SINIX manuals]
* [http://serviceportal.sbs.de Siemens Business Services] - SINIX patches and support
* Sven Mascheck, [http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/sinix.html SINIX V5.20 Universes]
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