cs442a07@cs.iastate.edu (Sunny Gulati) (05/09/91)
Hi, I would like to find out How many different strain of Xinu's (Xini?) are there. I am aware of the version straight out of the book "O/S Design, the XINU approach". I also know of unofficial "hacked" up versions such as the MC68000 version that I learnt about XINU on, and the version which my instructor and a bunch of friends are porting onto a PC. How many other hacks are out there? How many official versions are there? What are the official version numbers? How much shall I worship Mr. Comer? -- Sunjeev "Sunny" Gulati, student, Iowa State University cs442a07@zippy.cs.iastate.edu taa65@ccvax.iastate.edu (515)-296-9537 "I have nothing better to do than procrastinate" - Myself
dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David L Stevens) (05/09/91)
Below is the current list of distributions done from Purdue. Be sure to note the Prentice Hall distribution info too-- those are usually cheaper, though they possibly won't include the latest work. The books are available from Prentice Hall. There is a PC edition, a Mac edition, Xinu volume II that discusses an early IP/UDP implementation and the latest "Internetworking With TCP/IP: volume II" which has a full TCP/IP implementation, including Internet gateway support and SNMP. As far as the software is concerned, the TCP/IP code and the virtual memory version (version 8) are both extensions of the Sun3 (version 7) implementation and were designed and tested using Sun3's. They've been ported to high end workstations, but not to PC's (as far as I know). Xinu Types and Price List ---------------------------- Target Xinu Host Compiler Media Price Make Check Machine Version Operating Payable to System - ------------------------------------------------------------------- LSI (@) 6 (Book I)Cross Compiler 1600 BPI $100 Douglas Comer Included 9-Track UNIX 4.3BSD UNIX Tar Tape LSI (@) 7(Book II)Cross Compiler 1600 BPI $200 Douglas Comer Included 9-Track UNIX 4.3BSD UNIX Tar Tape _____________________________________________________________________ 8086 (%)6 (Book I) Cross Compiler 1600 BPI $100 Douglas Comer Derived Included 9-Track UNIX from 4.3BSD UNIX Tar Tape LSI-11 ______________________________________________________________________ Sun3 (%)6 (Book I) Sun Micro- 1600 BPI $100 Shawn Ostermann Systems C 9-Track UNIX Sun OS Tar Tape Sun3 (%)7 (Book II)Sun Micro- 1600 BPI $200 Shawn Ostermann Systems C 9-Track UNIX Sun OS Tar Tape ______________________________________________________________________ Sun3 (%)8.0 VM Xinu Sun Micro- 1600 BPI $200 Jim Griffioen Systems C 9-Track UNIX Sun OS Tar Tape, or 1/4 inch cartridge ________________________________________________________________________ Sun3 (%)7.9-TCP Xinu Sun Micro- 1600 BPI $200 David L Stevens Systems C 9-Track UNIX Sun OS Tar Tape, or 1/4 inch cartridge __________________________________________________________________________ IBM-PC 6 PC-Xinu Microsoft C 5 1/4 floppy ~ $80 Contact Prentice (Book I) MS/DOS Hall ISBN #0-13-638271-1 IBM-PC (%)6 (Book I) Aztec C 5 1/4 floppy $100 Andy Thomas IBM-PC 7 (Book II) Microsoft C 5 1/4 floppy(5)$150 Contact T. Fossum MS/DOS For ordering information on version 7 software for the PC, Please contact: Prof. Timothy Fossum Department of Applied Computer Science University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI 53141 (414) 553-2314 (414) 553-2297 office FAX: 414-553-2630 fossum@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu ______________________________________________________________________ Macint (%)6 (Book I) Aztec C two 3 1/2 floppy $200 Douglas Comer tosh & Macintosh & 512K 7 (Book II) 1600BPI 9-Track UNIX Tar Tape Macint (%)6 (Book I) Aztec C two 3 1/2 floppy ~ $80 Contact Prentice tosh Macintosh Hall 512K ISBN #0-13-638545-1 _________________________________________________________________________ VAX 6 (Book I ) VAX UNIX C 1600 BPI $200 Douglas Comer & Compiler 9-Track UNIX 7 (Book II) 4.3BSD UNIX Tar Tape _________________________________________________________________________ VAX (*%) ConcurrenC VAX UNIX 1600 BPI $50 Ken Rodemann Compiler 9-Track UNIX 4.3BSD UNIX Tar Tape _________________________________________________________________________ (@) Less expensive if purchased from Prentice-Hall. For Prentice Hall, contact Rob Dewey, (201) 592-2862; or Mail Order dept. (201) 767-5937. (%) Prepared by students. These versions are "as is". (*) Requires UNIX source license. Send a mailing tape. 4.2 BSD UNIX available. If you have a UNIX source license, please send a copy of the signature page; otherwise, we will send you dis- tributions without UNIX source. Send your order and check to: Professor Douglas Comer, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Information about Xinu is exchanged through electronic mail. To have your name added to the mailing list, send to xinu-info- request@purdue.edu. To send mail to the Xinu list, address it to xinu-info@purdue.edu. -- +-DLS (dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)