As a matter of fact, that's what site "vortex" is -- an IBM PC/XT
running Coherent. I am very satisfied with Coherent and find that
it does an excellent job of providing a decent V7 environment with
what is essentially a rather limited piece of hardware.
My UUCP/mail/netnews code is churning away 24 hours a day without
problems. (Since my code is all written from scratch, I don't have
to contend with any of the various "uucp bugs" that seem to be
reported on a regular basis. I'm not trying to be critical of Unix
UUCP -- I'm simply saying that due to its rather convoluted history
and widespread modifications a substantial number of problems have
crept in over time.) Anyway, my own UUCP and related code is running
fine and handles my rather voluminous mail/news load (something
like 150 to over 200 incoming calls a day, not to mention outgoing)
without difficulty.
If all goes well, Mark Williams Co. (the distributers of Coherent)
will be demo'ing my UUCP/mail/netnews code at UniForum this week.
I'll be roaming around the conference as well, so I may see many
of you there. I hope UniForum doesn't turn into TOO much of a zoo.
--Lauren--