31 Dec
2001
31 Dec
'01
1:49 a.m.
On 2001-12-31 classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org said
> > Did Ultrix 4.4 Run on Vaxstation
3100's...
I have here a VAXstation M38 which has Ultrix 4.5 running on it, the last
available version.
Ultrix only supports the older VAXstations. The SPX card is not supported,
but the GPX is, so I'm seeing the GUI on the big monitor. Ultrix 4.5 is
not Y2K compatible, but there are fixes.
> > I'd love to have one disk with Ultrix and
another with VMS on
> >it.
> So say we all.... From a more-than-casual search of usenet
>archives and the web, I'd have to call Ultrix the Holy Grail of
>Vaxstations. If there is such a creature, and anyone posesses it,
>they neither admit it nor share it.
The problem is that Ultrix/VAX is still copyrighted and can not be
freely redistributed like Ultrix/PDP can, so sharing Ultrix/VAX is
still a problem.
I think the main question is who could get Compaq to
release the
license for non-commercial use. This would require both them and
Caldera (who owns the former-AT&T part of the license.
Fred van Kempen, who revived the PDP-11 version of Ultrix and got a
kind of shareware licence for it, is working on getting Ultrix/VAX
licenced this way too, but that will take some time, as it is hard
to find the right people who can decide on this matter.
You can download the revived Ultrix-11 3.1 from www.tuhs.org, once you
agree to the ancient unix licence as explained there.
You should subscribe to the tuhs (The Unix Heritage Society) mailing
list for news on any developments.
Kees
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