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From: vuse!backup!drl@uunet.UU.NET (David R. Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: perl / HP-UX
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Date: 23 Apr 88 18:58:09 GMT
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In a recent posting, vbronkhorst%sef.decnet@nwc.arpa wrote
>    Since I had trouble sending mail to vic@zen: to Victor:
>    I am surprised that you say you are using HP-UX 1.2.  Unless HP numbers
>    the 300/500/800 series differently (I know 300 and 500 to be similar)
>    5.x should have been the current and earliest version available when
>    the 800 series was announced.  If in fact you are using an ancient
>    version, it may be the cause of your difficulty.  My understanding is
>    that versions prior to 5.0 were system III + some BSD 4.2 features, and
>    were not intended to be system V supportive.
  

Point of information: HP has two different, largely compatible OSs
called HP-UX. The numbering for the 800 series (SPECTRUM RISC
architecture) is up to 1.2 with 2.0 promised RSN. The numbering for
200/300/500 series (MC680X0 architecture) is up to 6.0

My numbers are based on the latest versions I have in hand.

BTW, is there a comp.os.hpux/INFO-HPUX mailing list?
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