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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!vixie From: vixie@pa.dec.com (Paul A Vixie) Subject: Re: BSD for VAX??? In-Reply-To: russells@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz's message of Thu, 17 Sep 1992 02:19:34 GMT Message-ID: <VIXIE.92Sep17103113@cognition.pa.dec.com> Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Network Software Lab References: <1992Sep17.021934.24680@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 17 Sep 92 10:31:13 Lines: 37 >> OK I know this group discusses 386BSD, but ... not really. it's called "comp.unix.bsd" because it is supposed to be for general bsd discussions. it's just that 386BSD is new and popular so that's most of what people want to talk about just now. >> Can anyone point me to the right place for getting information about >> BSD for a VAX? this is a fine place to learn the answer to the following questions: >> Specifically: >> How does one get it? >> How much would it cost? you get it by sending mail to keith some time when he's on vacation, since his vacation message has in it everything you could want to know about how to get BSD tapes. :-). seriously, though, BSD for the VAX currently stops at the Reno release; the newer Net-2 and upcoming 4.4 releases contain no VAX support at all. if you want Reno you will need to prove to CSRG that you have a source license for Bell Labs UNIX 32V or some AT&T/USL UNIX System V. (if you don't already have one and are not an educational site, you can expect to pay Big Bucks for this.) once CSRG has a copy of your 32V (or System V) source license on file, they'll cut you a tape in exchange for some small number of thousands of U.S. dollars. contact bostic@okeeffe.cs.berkeley.edu to find out how much and where to send it. disclaimer: my employer didn't authorize this post; they think i'm *working*. -- Paul Vixie, DEC Network Systems Lab Palo Alto, California, USA "Don't be a rebel, or a conformist; <vixie@pa.dec.com> decwrl!vixie they're the same thing, anyway. Find <paul@vix.com> vixie!paul your own path, and stay on it." -me