richard@hcr.UUCP (Richard Sniderman) (11/07/87)
HCR Corporation has just introduced a UNIX System V Release 3.1
VAX Porting Kit to provides UNIX source code licensees with
the basis for porting the latest UNIX release to their VAX
configurations. HCR is also offering optional installation and
consulting programs with the kit.
AT&T's VAX UNIX licensees found themselves without a migration
path when AT&T stopped offering new UNIX System V releases on
VAX. The HCR VAX version is a full-featured UNIX System V
Release 3.1 derived from the Release 3.1 source code for the AT&T
3B2. It runs existing System V Release 2 VAX binaries and is
customized for a generic VAX configuration. Due to the vast
variety of existing VAX configurations further site-specific
customization work will probably be required, for example to
integrate peripheral device drivers. HCR's installation and
consulting services are designed to minimize the cost of such
customization work to those customers lacking the resources to
do it themselves.
The VAX Porting Kit comes with an HCR developed STREAMS pseudo-
device driver allowing the use of the RFS loop back feature which
allows the simulation of the higher levels of RFS within one VAX.
The main use of this feature is to test application programs and
give RFS demonstrations with only one VAX.
For further information contact:
Richard Sniderman 416-922-1937
HCR Corporation {utzoo,utcsri}!richard
130 Bloor St. W. 10th floor
Toronto Ontario Canada
M5S 1N5
416-922-1937