Re: Research Unix v9, v10

> I've been thinking about some of the later versions of
Research Unix,
> such as v9 and v10. If I could track down install
tapes/disks, would I
> be able to run it on my VAXstation 4000-60? It seems
that post-v7
> didn't spread very far, so I guess I won't be too
surprised if nobody
> knows :(

To the best of my knowledge the first Unix varient to
support a VAXstation
4000 was NetBSD.

Zane

At 5:39 PM -0400 3/27/08, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>>I've been thinking about some of the later
versions of Research Unix,
>>>such as v9 and v10. If I could track down
install tapes/disks, would I
>>>be able to run it on my VAXstation 4000-60? It
seems that post-v7
>>>didn't spread very far, so I guess I won't be
too surprised if nobody
>>>knows :(
>>
>>To the best of my knowledge the first Unix varient
to support a VAXstation
>>4000 was NetBSD.
>
>What was the last VAX machine Ultrix supported?

Doesn't Ultrix support early models of the VAXstation 3100? 
I don't 
believe it supports any model in the 4000 series.  I
honestly don't 
know, the tapes I have are V1 or V2, and only support
MicroVAX I & II 
systems.  I've only tried to run Ultrix on MIPS-based
DECstation 
5000/133 (the system was actually purchased to run NetBSD). 
As I've 
said before, I like my Unix nice and fast, and prefer to run

interesting OS's on PDP-11's, VAXen, and Alpha's.  If it's a
VAX, it 
should be running VMS.

Zane


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Zane H. Healy wrote:
>> I've been thinking about some of the later versions
of Research Unix,
>> such as v9 and v10. If I could track down install
tapes/disks, would I
>> be able to run it on my VAXstation 4000-60? It
seems that post-v7
>> didn't spread very far, so I guess I won't be too
surprised if nobody
>> knows :(
> 
> To the best of my knowledge the first Unix varient to
support a VAXstation
> 4000 was NetBSD.

What was the last VAX machine Ultrix supported?

Peace...  Sridhar

On 3/28/08, Zane H. Healy <healyzharacnet.com> wrote:
>
> Doesn't Ultrix support early models of the VAXstation
3100?  I don't
>  believe it supports any model in the 4000 series.  I
honestly don't
>  know, the tapes I have are V1 or V2, and only support
MicroVAX I & II
>  systems.  I've only tried to run Ultrix on MIPS-based
DECstation
>  5000/133 (the system was actually purchased to run
NetBSD).  As I've
>  said before, I like my Unix nice and fast, and prefer
to run
>  interesting OS's on PDP-11's, VAXen, and Alpha's.  If
it's a VAX, it
>  should be running VMS.
>
>  Zane
>

I already have VMS on my Alpha and the VAX; if I can't get
Research
Unix on the VAX, I'll stay with VMS. The later additions to
Research
Unix evolved in some interesting directions which eventually
led to
Plan 9, the OS I develop for at work. I'd love to find a
Blit
(AT&T/Teletype model 5620) terminal and a VAX capable of
running v10;
that was a brilliant system.

John
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