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From: mark@alias.com (Mark Andrews)
Subject: Re: BSD4.4 / 386BSD
Message-ID: <1993Mar27.000056.580@alias.com>
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References: <1993Mar24.064408.902@pyrian.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1993 00:00:56 GMT
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In <1993Mar24.064408.902@pyrian.com> ian@pyrian.com writes:
>BSD4.4 questions:
>How do I get it?
>What licenses do I need?
>Who do I call for the licenses?
>386BSD questions:
>Also how portable is 386BSD?
>Will it run on top of Mach?
>Why does everyone post 386bsd questions here and not in
>comp.unix.386bsd?
>Many many questions.
>Thanks for any help.
>--
>Ian H. Stewart | voice/fax 415-664-1170
>Pyrian Software Group | CIS 71101,1260
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Don't know about the 386 stuff, but I think I can answer the 4.4 questions:
>How do I get it?
It's not out yet, but should be soon
>What licenses do I need?
Last time I heard, you still require a USL (AT&T) license before you
can get 4.4
>Who do I call for the licenses?
Here's the stuff that preceded the 4.4-alpha cover letter.
They should be able to give you more info:
We would like to announce the availability of the 4.4BSD-Alpha
distribution. The attached is the cover letter from the
information packet which has been sent to 4BSD licensees. To
request an order form, please contact our distribution office
by phone at 415-642-7780, by email at bsd-dist@cs.berkeley.edu,
or by U.S. Mail at:
CSRG
Department of EECS
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Kirk McKusick
Keith Bostic