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> Where can we get a V that runs on Sun-2 and Sun-3?  We still only have
> the V6.0 dated back to '86 which is backed by Vaxen.

I think you're confused (no offense intended).  You are getting V confused 
with VMTP and Unix.  V is an operating system, not a Unix server, and it has
been running on Sun2's and Sun3's for many years (i.e., V6.0, the latest
release of V, runs on these machines).  What you're concerned about is whether
or not you can have file service on a Sun with disks -- this is a different
issue, and, yes, I agree that this ain't so easy in V6.0.  The file server
that runs in V didn't work then (can I claim it does now?), so you're forced
to use a Unix filesystem, and to get that to work you have to have our
Unix server running on a Unix machine.  The Sun Unix version of our
server was done by David Ungar here at Stanford but is not supported.
I can't speak for Dr. Cheriton's intentions of cutting a new release tape
anytime soon, but in the currently experimental version of V we rely
very little on Unix services (still more than we should).  But this is
a research project and I'm mostly interested that people recognize the ongoing
interesting research in the V system.  We only use Unix because to build up
a complete software base comparable to that of Unix in an experimental
operating system takes alot of effort and time.  There's no clear reason to
commit the resources to doing that, but a phenomenal amount has already been
done in that direction.  When I was working on the V system, I worked
entirely in V except where I needed to modify the Unix server and use MH.

	Steven