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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Request BSD 4.23!
Message-ID: <11612@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 88 10:16:01 GMT
References: <14490@brl-adm.ARPA>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <14490@brl-adm.ARPA> A0096%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cornellc.ccs.cornell.edu
writes:
>- Is BSD 4.2 binary compatible with ULTRIX V2.2

No.  Among other things, Ultrix 2.2 includes Sun's NFS; neither 4.2BSD
nor 4.3BSD do.  (You can get 4.3BSD+NFS from U. of Wisconsin or from Mt.
Xinu.)  Some of the `other things' include literally hundreds of fixes
required for 4.2BSD.

>- Where can you buy BSD 4.2 UNIX

From Berkeley, of course.  You would not want 4.2BSD, however, but rather
4.3BSD, which has (as mentioned) hundreds of fixes over 4.2BSD.  You need
an AT&T source license (32V or later) and (I think) $1500 to get 4.3BSD.

>- Can you bootstrap a MVax 3 with the standard distribution from tape

Neither 4.2BSD nor 4.3BSD run on a Microvax III.  4.3BSD runs on a uVax
II but no suitable boot media are provided (i.e., you must buy it with
Ultrix before you can boot 4.3BSD).  MIT has modifications to make
4.3BSD run on a Vaxstation 3000, which I would guess is a uVax III with
a display.

>- Email adress of the location where you can actually order

Anne Hughes <anne@Berkeley.edu>; but you cannot get an order through
without using the post office (since you have to send paperwork, such
as copies of licenses, checks or purchase orders, and so forth).
-- 
In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163)
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