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From: mjl@ritcv.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Subject: Writers Workbench under VMS or on 11/44 w/RMO2's
Message-ID: <1056@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-May-84 08:22:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  8 08:22:39 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 13-May-84 00:32:27 EDT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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A local community college has a Vax running VMS and an idle PDP 11/44
(the latter with RM02 disk drives).  They want to run the Writer's
Workbench software, preferably on the 11/44.  The problem is that AT&T
requires at least a System III license before they will sell the WWB
software, and S/III as delivered does not support RM02's (or at least
that's what they told the college).

Question #1:
	Assuming the college gets a S/III license, does anyone have an
	RM02 driver to give to them?  Could you configure a bootable
	tape image to help them get going?

Question #2:
	Is the S/III requirement based on any facilities in S/III that
	are not in V7?  If not, would it be reasonable for the college
	to get a V7 license AND an S/III license AND a WWB license?  In
	this case, we (at RIT) could get them going on V7, after which
	they could install WWB on the V7 base.

Question #3:
	As a last resort, are any of the commercially available UNIX
	environments for VMS (EUNICE, UNITY, etc.) also S/III
	compatible?  Is it reasonable to run WWB on such a setup?
	Note:  it is infeasible for the college to run UNIX directly on
	the Vax, as they run CAD/CAM software under VMS.

Thanks for any help.
-- 
Mike Lutz	Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
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