6 Apr
2005
6 Apr
'05
1:30 p.m.
On Apr 6 2005, 9:39, Stan Barr wrote:
I'd like to get a straight (ie no X) Unix running
on some sort of
older, but not necessarily ancient, hardware. My Micro-11/73 is
not really suitable, and PDP-11s that are seem to be a bit thin
on the ground over here in the UK. I've seen a few Vaxen and
MicroVaxen on the market lately so my thoughts are turning in
that direction. I know a few people here run such machines and I'm
seeking advice on the best machine to look for and, at the risk of
starting a religious war, the best unix to run on it... :-)
A micro-11/73 would run 2.11 BSD quite well. I have one like that
(actually it's an 11/83 but not very different). An 11/23 would run
7th Edition, but it would be slow, and have no TCP/IP networking. A
microVAX would do BSD quite well. Or if you want something classic but
not *too* old, my favourite would be something like an SGI Indigo. An
R3000 with Irix 5.3 would be quite nice (I have three of them). If
you'd asked 6 months ago you could have had one of my spares, and a
monitor. Maybe you'd like an SGI Indy, with Irix 5.3? I certainly
have a spare Indy. BTW, I also saved a hub and a terminal server for
you...
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York