george (09/04/82)
I am interested in information on a UNIX binary license for a pdp-11 (lsi-11) without separate I&D. UNIX should be the real thing, not a facsimile. It should be already available. I will mail out copies or post a summary as seems appropriate based on requests. Thank You, George Rosenberg duke!mcnc!idis!george 1. your name phone/address/net address 2. name of company phone/address/net address 3. Are you a representative of the company? 4. Are you a customer of the company? 5. What is the price for the license and distribution based on single quantity, 2-16 ports, and disk controllers emulating DEC disks? The price should cover the kernel and all[see below] UNIX utilities (i.e. commands). 6. What system calls were eliminated? 7. What utilities are unavailable? (Recall that this is without separate I&D.) 8. Are overlays supported? 9. Can the customers reconfigure their systems? (i.e. add drivers and change parameters) 10. From which UNIX systems is the kernel derived? (these are not mutually exclusive) A. version 6 B. version 7 C. system III D. 2.* BSD E. Microsoft (XENIX) F. Unisoft G. other (please specify) 11. Which UNIX systems do the commands come from? (these are not mutually exclusive) A. version 6 B. version 7 C. system III D. 2.* BSD E. Microsoft (XENIX) F. Unisoft G. other (please specify) 12. Is the ex/vi editor included? 13. Other comments are welcome. --------- Some companies seem to sell some utilities (e.g. uucp, yacc) as separate products. Such cost should be added into the price in the answer to question 5. Some companies do not have all utilities working (e.g. awk, pcc). These should be noted in the answer to question 7. The term "all" in question 5 can be interpreted as referring to either "all utilities from Bell version 7" or "all utilities from Bell system III".
george (09/22/82)
References: idis.136 A few weeks ago (Sep. 4) I posted (idis.136) on net.unix-wizards a request for information concerning binary UNIX licenses available for pdp-11. I received several replies, all requests for what I find out. I am posting this to both net.general and net.unix-wizards in hopes of a greater readership. It seems to me that I have seen articles on the net posted from microsof and hcr. I imagine other distributors and OEMs are also on the net. I assume that it is to their advantage to reply to me. Thank You, George Rosenberg duke!mcnc!idis!george