Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!oberon!sdcrdcf!csun!polyslo!steve From: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs Subject: Re: perl / HP-UX Message-ID: <2066@polyslo.UUCP> Date: 25 Apr 88 22:19:09 GMT References: <13095@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Organization: Lab Rat Rumpus Room -- Cal Poly SLO Lines: 26 In article <13095@brl-adm.ARPA> vuse!backup!drl@uunet.UU.NET (David R. Linn) writes: >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. This is actually incorrect with regards to the 500 series (unless HP has introduced 6.0 within the past 5 days for the 500's). The 500-series version of HP-UX is up to 5.2, and is slated to remain there forever (due to HP dropping the 500-series from their product line -- they have promised to fix HP-UX 5.2, but after that, no more). Also, the 500-series is NOT based on the MC680X0 architecture. It uses a proprietary HP chip (not the SPECTRUM series chip -- something different whose model number I can't remember at present). Just trying to clear things up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | ...!ihnp4!csun!polyslo!steve | | Computer Systems Lab | ...!{csustan,csun,sdsu}!polyslo!steve | | Cal Poly State Univ. | ...!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve | | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include