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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Hello again
Message-ID: <1331@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 1 Sep 88 15:16:15 GMT
References: <1317@ast.cs.vu.nl> <14172@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <14172@comp.vuw.ac.nz> jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Jonathan) writes:
>Now, how do I get Amoeba running on either a vanilla 4.3bsd Vax or on
>Sun-3s (binary only)?

We actually have been running the Amoeba stuff on our VAXes and Suns for
quite a while.  We are starting to think about distributions.  For people
with full sources to their system and a fair amount of local expertise
we could discuss it.  For binary-only users, it is trickier (we had to make
one small change in the Sun OS kernel to recognize Amoeba packets and
give them to the right guy).  We will ask SUN what we may and may not do.

More comments about experience with networking are welcome.  Please post them
for the greater good.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)