reneni@wundt.psy.vu.nl (Rene Nieuwboer) (01/12/89)
Could anyone tell us something about the status of the last release of BSD 2.10, e.g. the one with Networking in supervisor space and the working F77 compiler and libraries ? (And of course, some bug fixes). - Thanks in advance - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Section at Dept. of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Holland. Internet: compd@psy.vu.nl --------------------------------------------------------------------
casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom) (01/13/89)
| From: compd@psy.vu.nl.UUCP (Computer section) | | Could anyone tell us something about the status of the last release of | BSD 2.10, e.g. the one with Networking in supervisor space and the | working F77 compiler and libraries ? (And of course, some bug fixes). The tape is cut and out at test sites to make sure it boots properly. There seem to be some problems with the boot process on 11/73s and on systems which need to boot using RLs. The kernel seems to run fine on all systems once it's been configured. Keith will be back from POSIX on the 16th. If we don't have any major bug fixes by then, we'll distribute the tape as is. Even if I get fixes for the boot problems that we've seen it'll only take another day to cut a new tape. I suppose we should test that tape again, so that's another three days. We'll probably be giving the tapes to USENIX before the end of the month. The second (and last) release contains working, stable, and fast networking. The networking system will only run on systems with supervisor space. We also have an untested kernel floating point simulator, a working fortran system, working lpr system, and faster stdio. The core system is even more stable than the first release. All in all I think most people will be pleased. Now, please get rid of those PDP-11s and buy yourselves some real machines! :-) Casey P.S. Did I say ``last'' release?? Let me just say that a few more times here just to make sure that everyone knows. Keith and I are changing our email addresses, phone numbers, real addresses, names, and are considering sex changes all in an effort to avoid ever being asked to work on a PDP-11 again. Don't even think of asking. We'll hunt you down and do things to you.
suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti) (01/17/89)
In article... casey@lll-crg.llnl.gov.UUCP (Casey Leedom) writes: > The second (and last) release contains... ha ha ha ha ha, 2.8 BSD was the "last" release of BSD for PDPs. Some clone will come along with yet another "last + 1" release. > Now, please get rid of those PDP-11s and buy yourselves some real >machines! :-) For a change, I now work for a company which doesn't have a PDP-11 (there was a PDP-8 , but it wasn't turned on, and it was donated to a worthy cause (someone wanted the rack & would haul it away for free). Rumor has it that DEC still gets something like a billion dollars annually from PDP-11s. >Casey Stephen >P.S. Did I say ``last'' release?? Let me just say that a few more times > here just to make sure that everyone knows. Keith and I are... > considering sex changes all in an effort to avoid ever being asked to > work on a PDP-11 again. Let me know if you or Keith become good looking.
beadel@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Edward F. Beadel Jr.) (01/24/89)
In article <11434@haddock.ima.isc.com> suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti) writes: > Rumor has it that DEC still gets something like a billion >dollars annually from PDP-11s. > > Stephen > Last year about 1/3 of DEC's bucks came from PDP-11 and related sales and services. There are still many many users out there. -ed -- Edward F. Beadel, Jr., Assistant Director Instructional Computing Center SUNY College at Oswego beadel@oswego.Oswego.EDU Oswego, NY 13126 (315)-341-3055