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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!gauss.asd.sgi.com!leedom From: leedom@gauss.asd.sgi.com (Casey Leedom) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: PDP-11 BSD Date: 15 Nov 1994 18:51:56 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3ab00c$23q@fido.asd.sgi.com> References: <CzAxBs.JKG@lincoln.gpsemi.com> <gimB1PySMV1bFSLJw7@transarc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gauss.asd.sgi.com | Date: Tue Nov 15 07:14:35 PST 1994 | From: Pat_Barron@transarc.com | | > From: dsc@halite.swindon.gpsemi.com (Dave Clarke x8048) | > When's the BSD for pdp-11's going to be freely availble ? | | Probably never. It's chock full o' encumbered code, and I don't see | anyone who's real enthusiastic about doing a complete port of 4.4-Lite to | the PDP-11...... The person to ask is Steven Schultz (sms@wlv.iipo.gtegsc.com). Steven is the keeper of 2BSD. I tend to agree with Pat Barron: I don't think even Steven has enough interest to try to port 4.4-Lite into 2.11. On the other hand he's still working on it long past when I thought anyone rational would have ... the PDP-11 seems to do that to people ... :-) Casey