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From: CFBM33@mgvax.ulster.ac.uk (Dermot Bradley)
Subject: Unix for a MicroVAX II ????
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 13:45:00 +0000
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Hi

I'm thinking of buying a MicroVAX II that's about to be decommissioned here. 
It's running VMS 5.4 and has a TK50 drive, internal and external HD and an
ethernet board.

Is there a PD Unix that I can FTP to run on the MicroVAX?  (BSD NET/2 perhaps?)
Please email details of FTP sites and I'll post a summary.

Assuming there is a suitable Unix, how can I install it?  Can I build the
kernel under VMS (the MVax has GCC, another 6310 has DEC's C) and then create a
file system on one of the Hard Disks??

Also, will the Unix support the terminal ports, ethernet board and TK50 etc
without requiring additional device drivers?

Could I keep VMS on one of the HDs and create a Unix boot disk on the other
allowing me to boot from either at the monitor prompt?

Any help in this matter is greatfully accepted!

Thanks,

Dermot

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Dermot Bradley
bradley.d@mgvax.ulster.ac.uk
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