malcolm@spar.UUCP (Malcolm Slaney) (07/16/85)
The following is being typed in on my Sun Workstation running 4.2BSD. It is offered without comment..... Today's EE Times has the following story in today's issue: National Offers 4.2 Unix on 32-Bit uP by Stan Baker Santa Clara, CA - National Semiconductor Corp. is now offering Genix 4.2, its port of the Berkeley 4.2 BSD Unix operating system, for the company's 32000 32-bit microprocessor line. This is the first port of the Berkeley 4.2 version for a microprocessor. And for the first time, it brings local-area networking on Unix to microprocessors. The system is aimed at designers of high-end engineering workstations [Several very poorly written paragraphs follow on the difference between 4.2 and System V.] The company went to the Berkeley version of Unix originally, as it was the only one to offer virtual memory. But that has now become a feature of Unix versions from AT&T and Microsoft. So far, no other microprocessor maker offers a Unix implementation with demand-page virtual memory.
dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) (07/17/85)
In article <399@spar.UUCP> malcolm@spar.UUCP (Malcolm Slaney) writes: >The following is being typed in on my Sun Workstation running 4.2BSD. It >is offered without comment..... > >Today's EE Times has the following story in today's issue: > National Offers 4.2 Unix on 32-Bit uP by Stan Baker > > Santa Clara, CA - National Semiconductor Corp. is now > offering Genix 4.2, its port of the Berkeley 4.2 BSD Unix > operating system, for the company's 32000 32-bit microprocessor > line. > > This is the first port of the Berkeley 4.2 version for a > microprocessor. And for the first time, it brings local-area > networking on Unix to microprocessors. The system is aimed at > designers of high-end engineering workstations Tektronix announced the 6000 Series workstations 10 months ago. These workstations run UTek, which is based on 4.2BSD with many of the features of System V, and are based on the NSC 32000 microprocessor line. Not only is National not the first company to port 4.2BSD to a micro, they *probably* aren't even the first to port it to their own micro. David Elliott Graphics Workstations Division Tektronix, Inc. tektronix!tekecs!dce
sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) (07/23/85)
In article <1387@hammer.UUCP> dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: > >Tektronix announced the 6000 Series workstations 10 months ago. These >workstations run UTek, which is based on 4.2BSD with many of the >features of System V, and are based on the NSC 32000 microprocessor line. > >Not only is National not the first company to port 4.2BSD to a micro, >they *probably* aren't even the first to port it to their own micro. Uhhhh you just said that Utek is based on 4.2BSD. You didn't say that it *is* 4.2BSD. -- - Sean Casey UUCP: sean@ukma.UUCP or - Department of Mathematics {cbosgd,anlams,hasmed}!ukma!sean - University of Kentucky ARPA: ukma!sean@ANL-MCS.ARPA
dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) (07/25/85)
In article <1981@ukma.UUCP> sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) writes: >In article <1387@hammer.UUCP> dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: >> >>Tektronix announced the 6000 Series workstations 10 months ago. These >>workstations run UTek, which is based on 4.2BSD with many of the >>features of System V, and are based on the NSC 32000 microprocessor line. >> >Uhhhh you just said that Utek is based on 4.2BSD. You didn't say that it >*is* 4.2BSD. > >- Sean Casey UUCP: sean@ukma.UUCP or UTek is 4.2BSD with hundreds of bugs fixed, so it is more like 4.3BSD. David
jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) (07/26/85)
In article <1981@ukma.UUCP> sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) writes: >In article <1387@hammer.UUCP> dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: >>Tektronix announced the 6000 Series workstations 10 months ago. These >>workstations run UTek, which is based on 4.2BSD with many of the >>features of System V, and are based on the NSC 32000 microprocessor line. > >Uhhhh you just said that Utek is based on 4.2BSD. You didn't say that it >*is* 4.2BSD. Essentially anything that will compile under 4.2 will compile and run on Utek. Not to speak for David, but I wouldn't say Utek *is* 4.2 because it has been gone over with a fine-tooth comb since then. Utek = (4.2BSD - bugs) + subset(V.2); -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::