phaedrus@eneevax.UUCP (06/13/84)
REQUEST 1 There was an article regarding some form of UN*X for the PDP-11/73 distributed by DECUS, awhile back. At that time it did not interest me so I didn't save it. If somebody has it out there in net-land could you please mail it to me? REQUEST 2 I am working for a very small software firm and we just got a PDP-11/73 running RSX-11. If anyone knows anything about a *CHEAP* UN*X (especially if sombody like DECUS is selling it) please send me all the info that you have. It is difficult to move from a VAX-11/780 running 4.1bsd to a pdp running rsx, so have mercy and HELP ME please. Thanks a billion IA (in advance) Pravin Kumar -- Without hallucinogens, life itself would be impossible. ARPA: phaedrus%eneevax%umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!eneevax!phaedrus
cdl@mplvax.UUCP (06/14/84)
No -- there isn't any such thing as a cheap form of Unix. What you are probably remembering is the DECUS C system, which is a set of public domain software including a compiler, several libraries, and lots of familiar utilities. This software runs on many DEC operating systems, including RT-11, RSX, RT emulated on RSTS, RT emulated on VMS, others I can't think of offhand. It's available as DECUS 11-SP-18, second (1983) release, for the cost of reproduction. Back before DEC started licensing Ultrix and V7M-11, they had a cheap Unix distribution, but you had to have an expensive Bell license first. carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego * lots of things above are trademarks - PDP, DECUS, RT-11, RSX, RSTS, VMS are trademarks of DEC, which is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories (or some related organization)