samuels@houxz.UUCP (M.SAMUELS) (05/31/84)
For those interested in DEC UNIX*, ask your DEC rep. for the latest edition of a booklet called the UNIX Software Guidebook (1st ed.-1983). Or, write to: Attn.: G. Deforge Printing and Circulation Services Digital Equipment Corporation 444 Whitney Street Northboro, MA 01532 The order no. for the booklet is EJ-25541-20. DEC's UNIX is called V7M-11, a "modified and enhanced version of UNIX Version 7. It includes the Bourne Shell, Shell Scripts, Pipes, Assembler, and the C and F77 compilers. It also has VI from Version 3.7 Berkeley UNIX. Some of the differences claimed by DEC are: 1. installation - field reconfigurable from binaries 2. system generation - through interactive program SYSGEN. 3. system tuning - kernal internal data structures can be set at system generation w/o recompiling source code modules. 4. supports Digital Storage Architecture disks 5. can support up to 12 users on non-separate I and D space processors, though it will use sep. I and D space for systems that have it. 6. different UNIBUS allocation algorithm to allow several devices to use the map concurrently. There are several others listed in the UNIX Software Guidebook. RATFOR, BASIC, the Macro Processor, and GAMES are included from Version 7 but are not supported. We have been looking into DEC's UNIX for some simulation work, but no decision has been made yet - so I can't comment on any of the claimed features. Any comments on that in the net?????????? Mike Samuels houxz!samuels AT&T Bell Labs Rm. 4H202 Crawfords Corner Rd. Holmdel, NJ 07733 (201) 949-6602 * UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories
samuels@houxz.UUCP (M.SAMUELS) (05/31/84)
To correct my last posting, V7M-11 is one version of DEC's UNIX, based on Version 7 and designed for PDP-11's, VAX-11's, and personal computers. Is there a later version of the UNIX Software Guidebook that includes other offerings? Mike Samuels houxz!samuels
jrb@wdl1.UUCP (jrb ) (06/02/84)
As far as I know, V7M-11 is actually derived from 2.8BSD. It has the same overlay loader. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL2