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Xref: sserve comp.unix.ultrix:24313 comp.unix.bsd:15738 comp.sys.dec:24584 comp.sys.dec.micro:3861 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com!arog From: arog@BIX.com (arog on BIX) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: UNIX (Ultrix, BSD?) for DEC Micro PDP-11? Date: 19 Dec 94 12:18:38 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 37 Message-ID: <arog.787839518@BIX.com> References: <taubman.787470030@spot.Colorado.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: bix.com taubman@spot.Colorado.EDU (TAUBMAN JASON ROBERT) writes: >Hello all- I recently came across a DEC Micro PDP-11 circa 1986. It seems to be running Micro RSX right now, and im wondering if there might be some version >of Unix I could run on it- perhaps Ultrix. It has two 5.25" floppy disk drives >and a hard drive of unknown size. Also seems to have 1 meg of memory. I know >this machine isn't worth much, but I have too much free time, and i'm looking >for a little adventure. If you know anything about this machine, i'd love to >hear from you. >Thanks for you time. >Jason Taubman >taubman@spot.colorado.edu Well, under the general heading of 'coals to Newcastle' and such, I've suffered a strong temptation to dig out the micro-fisch and reader and have "my go" at porting NetBSD over to a PRO-350/380.... A PDP-11 would proly be a good start on that port. Anyone else crazy enough to even think about this... after_ALL_ the NetBSD folks 'claim' that they are going for a 'cross_architecture' port of BSD.... Lets see... first prob is a cross_compiler for the PDP-11 cpu, [the GNU compiler] so that dev can be done on another system, a utility to write the Correct RX-50 boot disk [proly on a HD drive. Needs to be read, not writen.] Stripping out all of the kernal code that is Mini.Blue.Specific, and lord knows what else. Alan [the Insanse. Clearly I is. I proposed this, didn't I?] arog@BIX.com