A year ago at Unix Expo time we said IBM Corp was interested in moving AIX on to personal computers other than its own to dispel its proprietary air: true to the promise, the company turned up at this year’s Expo with AIX PS/2 Version 1.3 supporting non-Micro Channel boxes and running on Dell Computer Corp, AST Research Inc and Compaq Computer Corp machines. Reportedly, there are still other systems in the IBM labs. It plans to move the stuff through distribution points such as Dickens Data Corp and MicroAge Inc, priced at $714 for one to 16 users.
