wrwalke@nswc-wo.arpa (Walker) (09/22/89)
OK, call me flamebait, but here we go ... "Conor P. Cahill" <cpcahil@virtech.uucp> writes >> >> krf@mars.ral.rpi.edu (Keith R. Fieldhouse) writes: >>>> My question relates to another version of Unix that I've seen >>>> mentioned: "4.3+tahoe". Just what is 4.3+tahoe? Is it the current >>>> version of 4.3? Does it run NFS? How might I obtain it or more >>>>information about it? Or have I made some silly assumptions? >>4.3+tahoe is the lastest BSD release which is now being developed on a >>CCI (now ICL North America) Power 6/32. CCI nicknamed the machines tahoe >>during development. 4.3 tahoe WAS developed by CCI on the 6/32. CCI supports *NO* bsd releases and if you call with bsd specific problems they reccomend that you "upgrade to sysV". i work with 5 cci power6's running 4.2 bsd and 5 power 5/32's running bsd 2.01.03 (??? actually 4.1 ish). i had to bail the company with the 5/32's out everytime there is a system problem because CCI (ICL) would say "let me have one of our analysts give you a call" or come across with VERY wrong info. i have since taken the software service contract for this customer from CCI for my own company (they would rather pay my company for answers than pay cci for runarounds *AND* pay me a consultant's fee to patch things up). CCI (ICL) does NOT market bsd releases, they will supply it if the customer insists, but it will be relatively unsupported. i hear 4.3 and tahoe *IS* supported on the Harris boxes made by CCI, and i hear that their support is far and above that of CCI. >>Rumour has it that DEC was complaining that BSD development on VAXs was >>somehow interfering with Ultrix. OF COURSE IT IS!!! that is called open marketing and non-proprietary operating systems. if ultrix became available on a Sun i am sure that sun would whine too! >>The 4.3 tahoe release, as far as I know, will still work with VAXs. I >>recently worked on a 4.3 development project using VAX 11/50s, but I am >>not positive that it was the 4.3 tahoe release. (again flame if i am wrong, but ...) i believe the tahoe upgrade of 4.3 is available from berkeley. if it isn't they could definitely tell you where to get it (am i right chris??). >>As far as NFS is concerned, it is not part of the standard BSD release. It >>is normally an add on package added by an os vendor. it is also available from several 3rd party vendors, but i am sure others will also reply to sing their praises. sorry for the bandwidth on this one! bill |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | wrwalke@nswc-wo.arpa | William R Walker | | wrwalke@relay-nswc.navy.mil | ICT, inc. | | wrwalke@ictgate.uucp |------------------------------| |------------------------------------------' Unix is a trademark of | | I don't need disclaimers, | AT&T, but then so is | | my company doesn't know I | "Princess Phone". | | even have opinions. | -fortune | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ... Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, | | my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any | | resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) (09/23/89)
In article <20936@adm.BRL.MIL>, wrwalke@nswc-wo.arpa (Walker) writes: > "Conor P. Cahill" <cpcahil@virtech.uucp> writes >> > >> krf@mars.ral.rpi.edu (Keith R. Fieldhouse) writes: > >>>> [question asking what is 4.3+tahoe ] > > >>4.3+tahoe is the lastest BSD release which is now being developed on a > >>CCI (now ICL North America) Power 6/32. CCI nicknamed the machines tahoe > >>during development. > > 4.3 tahoe WAS developed by CCI on the 6/32. No. It wasn't. 4.3 tahoe is a product of BSD made on the tahoe machine. It is not a product of CCI. > (again flame if i am wrong, but ...) i believe the tahoe upgrade of > 4.3 is available from berkeley. if it isn't they could definitely tell > you where to get it (am i right chris??). Of course it's available from Berkeley, they developed/ported it. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Conor P. Cahill uunet!virtech!cpcahil 703-430-9247 ! | Virtual Technologies Inc., P. O. Box 876, Sterling, VA 22170 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+