brad@brl-tgr.ARPA (12/09/84)
/**** bradley:net.unix-wizar / reed!mikec / 2:05 pm Nov 26, 1984 ****/ [ This line sacrificed so that other lines may live ] Does anyone have any information on DEC's microvax and Ultrix-11 (???) that its suppose to run? I'm interested in what Ultrix-11 has in the way of compatibility. Such as; does it support uucp? how many multi-users? what version of Unix is it most like (4.2bsd? v7? etc..)? What would you consider a decently configured system (memory, printer, etc...)? the cost of such a configuration? Reliability? /*****/ Run 2.9 instead of ULTRIX-11. We would still be waiting, I think ULTRIX-11 is out, but first they said June of this year, then this, then that. I am under the impression that ULTRIX-11 is just 2.9, If it is not, and is just v7m, then you will loose out in preformance bewteen 2.9 and v7m.
guy@rlgvax.uucp (12/09/84)
> Does anyone have any information on DEC's microvax and Ultrix-11 (???) that > its suppose to run? I'm interested in what Ultrix-11 has in the way of > compatibility. Such as; does it support uucp? how many multi-users? > what version of Unix is it most like (4.2bsd? v7? etc..)? > /*****/ > Run 2.9 instead of ULTRIX-11. Unfortunately, I don't think a VAX can run a PDP-11 operating system in compatibility mode (and I'm not sure the MicroVAX has compatibility mode anyway), so it can run neither 2.9BSD nor Ultrix-11. It can, however, run 4.2BSD - which is what it does when it runs MicroUltrix or whatever they call the MicroVAX version of Ultrix-32 which is the DEC version of 4.2BSD. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy
grayson@brl-tgr.ARPA (12/10/84)
Yes, but the Microvax Handbook says that Ultrix32m is a repackaging, not a subset of Ultrix-32. On the other hand, one must pay extra for fortran, pascal, lisp, etc etc. Our salesman says that by March, fortran will be included.
ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA (12/10/84)
You can't run in kernel mode in compatibility mode. Any traps switch you back to native mode. -Ron
PALLAS@SU-SCORE.ARPA (12/10/84)
You can't run in kernel mode in compatibility mode. Any traps switch
you back to native mode.
-Ron
The question is moot on the MicroVAX anyway, because it doesn't
support compatibility mode.
joe
-------gertjan@txsil.UUCP (12/10/84)
I called the DEC UNIX engineering group to try to get a copy of their UD51/RX50 device driver with the usual null success. They told me that ULTRIX-11 is not 2.9 in the kernel. It has some features at the outside, like overlaying user programs. But no overlaying in the kernel, and no autoconfiguration.