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From: mp@allegra.UUCP (Mark Plotnick)
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Subject: Re: 4.2 on 8600 (repeat)
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Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 18:47:11 EST
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> Ultrix-32 runs on the 8600. It runs like the
> proverbial "bat out of ...". Contact your DEC salesperson for further
> information.
Be aware that Ultrix for the 8600 is going to be in "field test" for
the next few months, which means you have to run an essentially
binary-only system with some quirks in the commands, networking, and
RA81 and DMZ drivers (we've bought a source license, which entitles us
to write letters to the powers-that-be to ask for sources on a
module-by-module basis).  On the plus side, it does run fast, they've
ported the VMS Fortran compiler to it, and the documentation hints at
optional system V compatibility at the C library level (if only the
documentation said what environment variable needs to be set!)