Unix on BBC micro with 16032 coprocessor

[Jules Richardson]

Pete Hollobon wrote:
> Does anyone know if Xenix / Unix were ever available on the NS 16032 second
> processor for the BBC micro? I remember reading that it was intended to be
> made available in the user's guide years ago.
> 

I don't *think* it ever saw the light of day. As others have mentioned, 
it was planned for the ABC 2xx / Cambridge Workstation machines, but I 
don't think it was anything more than vapourware.

Occasionally I see comments along the lines of most people ditching 
PANOS on the ACW in favour of Xenix - but I'm yet to find any evidence 
from talking to people who origianlly owned the machines back in the day 
that this was the case.

Would Xenix likely even run in the 1MB of the BBC Micro's 32016 copro? I 
can believe it'd be usable on the 4MB of the ACW, but might be pushing 
it a bit in 1MB.

cheers

Jules