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Started by Rick Rodman
Mon, 02 Jul 1990 02:34
2bsd for basement pdp-11/73??
Author: Rick Rodman
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 02:34
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 02:34
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I was told to look here for information on obtaining a binary of 2bsd for my PDP-11/73. I rescued the little critter from a whole bunch of stuff that was destined to be sold to a junk dealer. The junkman ended up with two 11/34s and an 11/23, plus several cartridge disk drives (RL01s?) and a couple of Interdata 7/32s. I chose the 11/73 to rescue since (a) it was cute, looked like a Microvax and (b) it was lightweight enough that I could *roll* it. Anyhow, it came with RSX-11M and Basic Plus 2. It has an RD53 and a TK50. I have a price of $2000 from a couple of companies for unix for the thing and even at that price they don't want to sell it because I don't have 9-track. At that price I don't want to buy it either, since it's absurd. Besides I'm just a lone programmer with a cute machine in his basement (cue Sanford & Son theme). Another common reply, by the way, has been "assuming you have a Unix source license, you can get such-and-such, but otherwise jump in a lake". Anyhow it's pretty strange that just about everybody supports the old Unibus PDP-11's but almost nothing is available, even from DEC, for the 11/73 - I think this machine is only about 3 years old!!! I'd apparently have been better off with the PDP-11/34's! Well, I suppose I have the answer to my question... Anyone have an extra set of RSX-11M manuals (version 4.1) laying around? -- Rick Rodman uunet!virtech!rickr (703)734-7261(w) (703)330-9849(h) Cable & Wireless, Tysons Corner VA
Re: 2bsd for basement pdp-11/73??
Author: Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 12:48
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 12:48
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In article <1990Jul02.023456.5861@virtech.uucp>, rickr@virtech.uucp (Rick Rodman) writes: > I was told to look here for information on obtaining a binary of 2bsd for > my PDP-11/73. > Another common reply, by the way, has been "assuming you have a Unix source > license, you can get such-and-such, but otherwise jump in a lake". Well, if you can show that you _do_ have a Unix license, you can get the complete kit from Usenix. The license is a prerequisite, though. That isn't Usenix's doing, nor Berkeley's, but ATT's requirement. Non-BSD-related followups to this discussion should probably go elsewhere, but I'm not sure where. Maybe the Info-PDP11 list at transarc.com? > Anyhow it's pretty strange that just about everybody supports the old Unibus > PDP-11's but almost nothing is available, even from DEC, for the 11/73 - > I think this machine is only about 3 years old!!! Not true! You can still get RT-11, RSTS-E, RSX-11, and probably even IAS from DEC. You'll need a license for any of those, however. On the back of your CPU cabinet should be a "Model/Serial" tag giving the model and serial number. The serial number will either be something like BTOnnnn or 8nnnnnnnx. Most PDP-11 systems were sold with a "general" license, which means that they were licensed for the buyer's choice of operating system. If you contact your local DEC office, located at: Digital Equipment Corp. 3020 Hamaker Court Fairfax, VA 22031-2220 (703) 698-5390 You can arrange a "license transfer" which will make you legal for a DEC operating system. Also, _if_ you can determine that the machine was licensed for Ultrix-11 (you'd have to get proof from the old owner), you might be able to use that as license proof for a binary 2BSD distribution. Hoping this helps, Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, US terry@spcvxa.spc.edu (201) 915-9381
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