DYNIX

DYNIX (DYNamic UnIX) was a Unix-like operating system developed by Sequent Computer Systems, based on 4.2BSD and modified to run on Intel-based symmetric multiprocessor hardware. The third major (Dynix 3.0) version was released May, 1987; by 1992 DYNIX was succeeded by DYNIX/ptx, which was based on UNIX System V.

For similar sounding terms, see Dynax, Dynas, Dymax, and Dymas.
This article is about the operating system. For the integrated library system, see Dynix (software). For the company, see Dynix Corporation.
DYNIX
DeveloperSequent Computer Systems
OS familyUnix-like (BSD or SysV)
Working stateDiscontinued
Initial release1984 (1984)
Available inEnglish
Succeeded byDYNIX/ptx

IBM obtained rights to DYNIX/ptx in 1999, when it acquired Sequent for $810 million.

IBM's subsequent Project Monterey was an attempt, circa 1999, "to unify AIX with Sequent's Dynix/ptx operating system and UnixWare." By 2001, however, "the explosion in popularity of Linux ... prompted IBM to quietly ditch" this.

A version was named Dynix 4.1.4.


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