wensel@postgres.uucp (Sharon Wensel) (06/03/89)
In response to many queries about the availability
of POSTGRES, here is some information about its
status and how to get it:
Version 1.0 of POSTGRES is now available for distribu-
tion. It runs on Versions 3.4, 3.5, or 3.6 of SUN OS for
Sun 3/xxx class machines. It consists of about 65000 lines
of C and 17000 lines of Lisp and requires Franz Lisp Opus 42
or 43 to operate.
Because of size, performance, and debugging problems,
we have embarked on a crash effort to convert the 17000
lines of Lisp into C. Hence, in about 2 months we plan to
re-release a Lisp-less Version 1 with the same function as
the current system. This will be smaller, faster and will
not require Franz Lisp.
If you would like the current system, you can get it in
one of two ways:
(1) Send a check payable to the Regents of the University
of California for $150.00 to:
Sharon Wensel
521 Evans Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720.
Indicate in your accompanying letter whether you want
the system on a 9-track tape at 1600 BPI, at 6250 BPI,
or on a cartridge tape for SUN shoeboxes (QIC 24 for-
mat).
(2) FTP the code to your site over the ARPA net by typing
the following bracketed text without brackets. You
should see similar output.
% [ ftp 128.32.149.1 ] # or ftp postgres.berkeley.edu
Connected to 128.32.149.1.
220 postgres FTP server (Version 4.4 Sun Feb 5 07:58:07 PST 1989) ready.
Name (128.32.149.1:): [ anonymous ]
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:[ mylogin@myhost ]
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> [ cd pub ]
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> [ binary ]
200 Type set to I.
ftp> [ get postgres-v1r1.tar.Z ]
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for postgres-v1r1.tar.Z (NNNNNNN bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: postgres-v1r1.tar.Z remote: postgres-v1r1.tar.Z
NNNNNNN bytes received in MMM.MM seconds (KK Kbytes/s)
ftp> [ quit ]
221 Goodbye.
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Alternately, you can wait a couple of months for the C
based system, and we will post another message then
indicating how to get the system. Thank you.