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In <ENTROPY.92Apr13200654@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu> entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy) writes:

>In article <1992Apr13.130935.6899@sci.kun.nl> tmiller@sci.kun.nl (Todd M. Miller) writes:
>   1. Acquire a copy of Unix from someone who has it on their PRO already. 
>Unfortunately, Venix (VenturCom's UNIX for the Pro) reads the Pro's
>ID-PROM and generates some numbers which you were supposed to give to
>VenturCom over the phone to get a code that would allow you to install
>Venix on your machine.  Without the code for your ID-PROM, you can't
>install it.  So, copying Venix is non-trivial.  I doubt VenturCom is
>willing to give out these passwords anymore.  So, your best bet is to
>buy a used Pro that already has Venix installed on it.  If you can
>find one, that is....

Is there any effort we can make to get Venix available for the PRO?  When
I called them I got some woman who said "Our Pro has been broken for so
long I'm sure we don't sell that anymore".  Maybe we need a few posts on
how to burn PROMs, that might change the situation.  I'm certainly going to
look into it.


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