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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!spcvxb!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD 4.4 on a VAX? Message-ID: <1992Sep25.044412.3964@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 25 Sep 92 08:44:12 GMT References: <Bv3J5s.55L@cs.psu.edu> Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 17 In article <Bv3J5s.55L@cs.psu.edu>, kenh@leps5.phys.psu.edu (Ken Hornstein) writes: > I understand that BSD 4.4 doesn't have any VAX support at all. Does that mean > that I'm SOL if I have a VAX, or is there a reasonable chance of making it > work myself? :-) I haven't seen the 4.4 tape I ordered a few months ago (it hasn't arrived yet), so I can't say if they actually gutted all of the VAX stuff (drivers, etc.) or if it just doesn't compile any more. There are a bunch of us who are very interested in 4.4 on VAXen. I'll post a note here when we get our tape and let you know how we're doing getting it running. You may want to send me mail if you don't hear anything in a month or two... Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381