Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu From: schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: BSD Unix on 6150-135? Summary: Tastes great, less filling. Message-ID: <4320@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> Date: 25 Feb 89 22:06:35 GMT References: <1966@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Sender: news@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu Reply-To: schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Organization: Pennsylvania State University, Computer Science Lines: 16 In-reply-to: peter@hydrovax.nmt.edu In article <1966@nmtsun.nmt.edu>, peter@hydrovax writes: > We have been toying for some time with the idea of running 4.3 BSD on >our RT, being as RT-AIX is not a useful operating system. The IBM reps >locally are only aware of a 'Univerisity' package that includes hardware >and software. They claim that there are hardware changes in the boxes >running 4.3 BSD. Does anyone know of a commercially available 4.3 OS >for the RT that do not require hardware changes? The product is 4.3BSD, and is called AOS (Academic Operating System) by IBM. If necessary, I can get you the magic product number to feed to your sales people. AOS requires no hardware changes to run. We have it on several 6150's and lots and lots of 6152's. Assert your right to run REAL UNIX on the RT!! -- Scott Schwartz