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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Unix for PDP-11/23s
Message-ID: <4235@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 19 Aug 90 17:57:54 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.055124.28953@snoopy.ece.wsu.edu> <1990Aug19.034635.26429@virtech.uucp>
Reply-To: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
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In article <1990Aug19.034635.26429@virtech.uucp> rickr@virtech.uucp (Rick Rodma
>In article <1990Aug17.055124.28953@snoopy.ece.wsu.edu>, aha@snoopy.ece.wsu.edu
>> Could anyone give me a summary of the available versions of UNIX for the
>> PDP-11/23s?  
>
>2. Berkeley 2.10 is available from UCB, IF you have an AT&T source license
>($10K?) and IF you have an old, non-MSCP drive (sorry!) and IF you have
>a 9-track tape drive (FORGET the TK-70!).
>
>So there you have it - the summary of available Unix versions for the PDP-11
>is that THERE AREN'T ANY.
>
    But as you pointed out, it is available with a source license from UCB.
Many educational sites have these licenses, and they are available to everyone.
Something not being affordable (or reasonable) isn't the same as not being 
available.  Now if anyone could possible live with 2.10.
   I was absolutely positive that dec dropeed it, and basically gave it to 
decus.  I also positively remember being it in the decus catalog.  Has anyone
looked there ?  Then there is aloways the GNU project,  I also am positive that
the 11 is one of the platforms under development there too.  I even believe
that it is available there too.
al