27 Feb
2009
27 Feb
'09
11:34 p.m.
Yeah, and we see how that approach worked out for DEC.... :-)
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
Zane H. Healy [healyzh at aracnet.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 8:47 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: UNIX for the VAXstation or AlphaStation
At 10:54 PM -0500 2/27/09, John Floren wrote:
So, I've got both a VAXstation 4000-60 and an
AlphaStation 250 here
and after playing with it for a bit I've decided I don't really care
for VMS so much that I want it on both of them. I'd like to find an
interesting, preferably AT&T-style UNIX to run on one of them, so I'm
hoping some of you can help me figure out my options. So far, I know I
can run:
-NetBSD
-Probably some DEC/HP UNIXes (Tru64 on the Alpha?).
I'd really appreciate perspectives on these different systems,
user/admin experience, etc. I'm not looking to accomplish anything in
particular here, I just want something to play around with on my DEC
hardware while I wait for the PDP-11 :)
UNIX is a waste of good DEC hardware! :-)
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