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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!usage!demon!brian From: brian@demon.uucp (Brian Murray) Subject: BSD vax port (was Re: Unix for PDP-11/23) Message-ID: <1994Mar17.091359.11678@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> Sender: news@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: demon.csd.unsw.edu.au Organization: University Of New South Wales References: <ellis.763599237@nova> <2m08f4$eb3@news.sprintlink.net> <2m2585$gok@Krille.Update.UU.SE> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 09:13:59 GMT Lines: 27 In article <2m2585$gok@Krille.Update.UU.SE> bqt@Krille.Update.UU.SE (Johnny Billquist) writes: (stuff deleted) > >Yes. And, even if it was a huge pdp-11, it would still be cheap to run >compared to the cost of the UNIX. >Problem is that unix for the pdp-11 still required the AT&T source >license, which costs ridicously much. I heard that a group of people have finally begun an AT&T free port for the VAX architecture. Does anyone have a status report on what has been done so far? Indeed, who should I talk to about contributing to such a project? > Johnny >-- >Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus >CS student at Uppsala University || on a psychedelic trip >email: bqt@minsk.docs.uu.se || Reading murder books >pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol ------------------------------------------------ Brian Murray --- brian@demon.csd.unsw.edu.au CBX250 Apple//c VAX 11/750 SGI Indigo ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------ Brian Murray --- brian@demon.csd.unsw.edu.au CBX250 Apple//c VAX 11/750 SGI Indigo -----------------------------------------------------------------