tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) (07/07/90)
Anyone running 4.3 BSD on a 386 yet? Any impressions? Who sells
it? How much is it?
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In article <856@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) writes: >Anyone running 4.3 BSD on a 386 yet? Any impressions? Who sells >it? How much is it? Not sold by anybody yet. Rumours abound that mt.xinu is going to release something for the 386 (mach or BSD4.4). This kind of stuff is discussed in the FAQ posting. It was just posted a couple of days ago, so you can probably find it around your system somewhere. If not, send me email and I will forward a copy to you. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
srodawa@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dr. Srodawa) (07/07/90)
In article <856@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) writes: >Anyone running 4.3 BSD on a 386 yet? Any impressions? Who sells >it? How much is it? We have it inhouse, have had it since just after the initial announcement. We haven't put it up yet. The biggest reason was we needed a hardware upgrade and that was installed just a few weeks ago, as my summer offcampus began. A second reason is the initial release can't support software development..the gcc compiler is used on a machine other than the /386. The next release should contain the gcc compiler and support for more ethernet adapters. I plan on installing it as soon as it becomes available. Note..what I have said above is my own thoughts and words and doesn't necessarily reflect Berkeley's thoughts. It does accurately reflect my impressions to date. Personally, I hold high hopes for i386BSD, especially in conjunction with the new 4.3BSD-reno code. It could be the most affordable system around for engineering and science schools. (BSD4.3-reno contains, among many other things, a public domain implementation of NFS and some ISO support.) -- | Ronald J. Srodawa | Internet: srodawa@unix.secs.oakland.edu | | School of Engineering and CS | UUCP: srodawa@egrunix.UUCP | | Oakland University | Voice: (313) 370-2247 | | Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401 | |
rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) (07/08/90)
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: > tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) writes: > >Anyone running 4.3 BSD on a 386 yet? Any impressions? Who sells > >it? How much is it? > > Not sold by anybody yet. Rumours abound that mt.xinu is going to release > something for the 386 (mach or BSD4.4). Mt Xinu announced a 386 Mach at USENIX. They're calling it "2.6" according to the vendor-exhibit material, so I would expect that to be a version that still has UNIX support inside the kernel. The UNIX-outside-kernel version O do!ksdicdicromtutgcat7.0c.coo I ho .pr the 'y mach ) is 3.0; I don't believe the 386 version do!that is available outside CMU yet. The vendor info also said that Mt Xinu was demo-ing the 386 Mach, although I didn't stop off to see whether that actually happened. Anyone see it for sure? But be that as it may, it looks like they're serious a the t Mach. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd (303)449-2870 ...Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained
jra@techdata.UUCP (Jay R. Ashworth) (07/15/90)
According to Unix Today, Mt. Xinu will be releasing 2.6MSD (Mach Standrd Distribution?) in a version for the iAPX386. It will comprise the sources, binaries, media, and 20 volumes of docs. It will have the 4.3BSD interface on top of the kernal. (As the cognoscenti are aware, the Mach kernel doesn't have to look like Unix if you don't want it to. Me, I want it to.) It will require a license from AT&T. If I correctly recall--the magazine is hiding somewhere just now--the license must be S3 or higher, V7 doesn't count. This may get interesting, folks. Oh yeah--for $3000, you only get internal redistribution rights. I guess it costs more to sell it. Cheers, -- jra