Editing IBM AIX (section)

===IBM PS/2 series===
[[File:Aix-1.3-ps2.png|thumb|AIX PS/2 1.3 console login|alt=AIX PS/2 1.3 console login]]

'''AIX PS/2''' (also known as '''AIX/386''') was developed by [[Locus Computing Corporation]] under contract to IBM.<ref name="CW86">{{cite journal|author=Patricia Keefe|title=IBM, Locus to co-develop PS/2 AIX system|journal=Computerworld: The Newsweekly of Information Systems Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGXpro99fIsC&pg=PT7|publisher=Computerworld|page=8|date=July 6, 1986|issn=0010-4841|access-date=May 18, 2016|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227075231/https://books.google.com/books?id=fGXpro99fIsC&pg=PT7|url-status=live}}</ref> AIX PS/2, first released in October 1988,<ref>{{cite web 
|url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/archive/ENUSZP87-0422 
|title=IBM Advanced Interactive Executive AIX PS/2 Operating System And Related Licensed Programs - 5713-AEQ Part # 11F8182 IBM AIX PS/2 Base Operating System 
|type=Announcement letter 
|publisher=IBM.com 
|date=November 3, 1987 
|access-date=January 19, 2025 
}}</ref> runs on [[IBM PS/2]] personal computers with [[Intel 386]] and compatible processors.

[[File:Aix-1.3-ps2-dt.png|thumb|AIX PS/2 1.3 AIXwindows Desktop|alt=AIX PS/2 1.3 AIXwindows Desktop]]

The product was announced in September 1988 with a baseline tag price of $595, although some utilities, such as [[UUCP]], were included in a separate Extension package priced at $250. [[nroff]] and [[troff]] for AIX were also sold separately in a Text Formatting System package priced at $200. The [[TCP/IP]] stack for AIX PS/2 retailed for another $300. The [[X Window System]] package was priced at $195, and has a graphical environment called the '''AIXwindows Desktop''', based on [[IXI Limited|IXI's]] [[X.desktop]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Software with a foreign flair|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cAmo4wSwQJ0C&q=aix+ps/2+ixi&pg=PP7|magazine=Computerworld|publisher=IDG Enterprise|date=1990-03-26|access-date=2020-09-19|archive-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319212745/https://books.google.com/books?id=cAmo4wSwQJ0C&q=aix+ps%2F2+ixi&pg=PP7|url-status=live}}</ref> The C and FORTRAN compilers each had a price tag of $275. Locus also made available their [[DOS Merge]] virtual machine environment for AIX, which can run MS DOS 3.3 applications inside AIX; DOS Merge was sold separately for another $250.<ref>{{cite journal|title=IBM Announces Broad Range of Unix-Related Tools, Products|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bj8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8|date=November 16, 1987|journal=InfoWorld|page=8|issn=0199-6649|access-date=May 18, 2016|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227035529/https://books.google.com/books?id=Bj8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8|url-status=live}}</ref> IBM also offered a $150 AIX PS/2 DOS Server Program, which provided [[file server]] and [[print server]] services for client computers running PC DOS 3.3.<ref name="Enterprise1988">{{cite journal|title=AIX for PS/2|journal=Computerworld: The Newsweekly of Information Systems Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBT4fczNvWwC&pg=PT54|date=February 22, 1988|publisher=Computerworld|page=55|issn=0010-4841|access-date=May 18, 2016|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227205709/https://books.google.com/books?id=jBT4fczNvWwC&pg=PT54|url-status=live}}</ref>

The last version of PS/2 AIX is 1.3. It was released in 1992 and announced to add support for non-IBM (non-microchannel) computers as well.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Cate Corcoran|title=IBM announces increased support for Unix on PCs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|date=September 28, 1992|journal=InfoWorld|pages=16|issn=0199-6649|access-date=May 18, 2016|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227081052/https://books.google.com/books?id=klEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|url-status=live}}</ref> Support for PS/2 AIX ended in March 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/archive/ENUS294-770|title=Withdrawal: IBM AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 and Related Licensed Programs|website=[[IBM]] |date=December 6, 1994}}</ref>