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Re: O.S. for IBM RT 6151 model 115

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From: Jan B. Andersen
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 03:03
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fn@fractal.math.yale.edu (Francois Normant) writes:

>I have an IBM RT 6151 model 115 (advanced Processor Card with 4 MB of fast 
>memory (sic), 70 MB Extended ESDI Fixed-Disk Drive) + etherned card and
>floating point accelerator.

>I'm trying to reinstall (from scratch) an operating system.

>1) Is AOS4.3 still available, from where, for how much ?
Don't think so. Latest versions are AOS/VS 7.69 Classic and AOS/VS II 2.10

>2) Does AIX 2.2.1 fit on a 70 MB disk ? 
Never heard of it.

>3) Considering that I want to use this RT only for e-mail and remote login on
>other hosts (not computation nor programmming), if I have the choice between AOS
>and AIX, which one should I chose ?

>Any advice would be welcome.

>Thanks
>-- 
>Francois Normant - fn@math.yale.edu
>Yale University - Mathematics Department
>Box 2155 - Yale Station
>New Haven CT 06520
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From: jba@gorm.ruc.dk (Jan B. Andersen)
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Subject: Re: O.S. for IBM RT 6151 model 115
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