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In article <2014@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.UUCP (Glenn Reid) writes:
>I am looking for a good C compiler (with library) and a decent
>screen editor for the DEC Rainbow 100+.
>
>I would actually love to get some version of Unix running on
>this machine, but with a good enough C compiler, I might
>eventually be able to do it myself.
>
>I am an emacs fan, and if anyone knows of any version of emacs
>which will run on this machine, I would prefer that to other
>kinds of screen editors, but anything is better than "EDLIN",
>the default MS-DOS editor on the Rainbow.

As noted in a recent posting to mod.newprod, my company (The Boston
Software Works) is now selling an enhanced version of VENIX/Rainbow.
We include Jove, a really decent and fast subset of EMACS, with our
version of VENIX/Rainbow.  We also have ported 2.11 news and rn to
VENIX (small changes were required) and can supply them on request.

A copy of the blurb from mod.newprod follows:
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The Boston Software Works (BSW) is now distributing an improved version
of VENIX/Rainbow.  VENIX/Rainbow is a complete UNIX(tm) system for
the DEC Rainbow 100, developed by VenturCom, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.
It is a V7-based system, with extensions such as plot(3) drivers
for the Rainbow color graphics board and DEC LA50 printer, semaphores,
and shared memory.

Standard VENIX/Rainbow requires and supports the DEC RD51 winchester
disk (10MB) only.

The Boston Software Works enhancements to VENIX/Rainbow include:

   1)	Support for any disk physically connectible to the Rainbow.
	Our development system runs a 70MB Micropolis disk.

   2)	Virtual consoles, as found in VENIX on IBM-compatible machines,
	and also in XENIX and Microport System V/AT.

   3)	Support for the NEC V20 chip, which replaces the Intel 8088
	for a 10-15% performance gain.

   4)	Support for simultaneous use of a monochrome display (for
	terminal/console use) and a color graphics display (for graphics).

   5)	Ports (on an as-is basis) of several public domain programs,
	such as the Usenet news software, rn, smail, and Jove, an
	excellent EMACS subset.

   6)	Support for the CHS dual-winchester controller.

The price (single copy) for VENIX/Rainbow is $795 and includes a complete
manual set.  For more information, contact:

	The Boston Software Works, Inc.
	120 Fulton Street
	Boston, MA 02109	Tel. (617) 367-6846

or send mail to one of the addresses listed in the signature below.
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Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp             120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109
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