mjl@ritcv.UUCP (05/08/84)
A local community college has a Vax running VMS and an idle PDP 11/44
(the latter with RM02 disk drives). They want to run the Writer's
Workbench software, preferably on the 11/44. The problem is that AT&T
requires at least a System III license before they will sell the WWB
software, and S/III as delivered does not support RM02's (or at least
that's what they told the college).
Question #1:
Assuming the college gets a S/III license, does anyone have an
RM02 driver to give to them? Could you configure a bootable
tape image to help them get going?
Question #2:
Is the S/III requirement based on any facilities in S/III that
are not in V7? If not, would it be reasonable for the college
to get a V7 license AND an S/III license AND a WWB license? In
this case, we (at RIT) could get them going on V7, after which
they could install WWB on the V7 base.
Question #3:
As a last resort, are any of the commercially available UNIX
environments for VMS (EUNICE, UNITY, etc.) also S/III
compatible? Is it reasonable to run WWB on such a setup?
Note: it is infeasible for the college to run UNIX directly on
the Vax, as they run CAD/CAM software under VMS.
Thanks for any help.
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Mike Lutz Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
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