The long awaited Unix Systen V/386 from the Santa Cruz Operation Inc from the eponymous Californian township is finally with us now – the company has announced that first customer shipments are on their way. It is the first Xenix-derived operating system licensed by AT&T to carry the Unix trademark, and has been waiting in the wings for some time after beta test delays earlier this year pushed back plans for a March launch. SCO Unix V/386, which is fully compatible with SCO Xenix System V, will also run on 80486 systems, and incorporates the National Computer Security Centre’s C2 security level, the first 80386 Unix system to receive such clearance. It is Posix and X/Open conformant, and includes Acer Counterpoint’s fast file system and AT&T’s File System Switch, which allows transparent access to MS-DOS, Xenix and Unix file systems. SCO Unix System V/386 for 80386-based AT bus systems is available now. Versions for PS/2 Models 55SX, 70 and 80, and Micro Channel Architecture 80386 machines will be available in the third quarter, and Extended Industry Standard Architecture support, now being developed in conjunction with OEM customers, will be available later this year. The two user version has a UK price tag of UKP525, and the unlimited multi-user version is UKP750. The corresponding development system environment will be available in the third quarter, at UKP875.
