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DECstation-manager,
        My enquiry was as follows:-

Date: Wednesday, 12 August 1998 2:07PM
Judson, Alan wrote:
>
> Australian DECstation-manager,
>         I have won a disposal tender on a DEC Station I used
> to use as my main terminal for access to a bunch of 5000/250
> that were doing a specialised function. The unit was
> described locally as one of the consoles. Incidently my role
> was just an operator, though I did write some scripts to
> massage event records. The collection comprised of the
> following:-
>
> 1 x Digital DEC Station 5000/133 Model PM 32B-MY
> 1 x Monitor Model GDM - 1961 ( VRT19 - H4 )
> 1 x Tape Deck Model 1681 - 0
> 1 x Keyboard Model LK401 -AA
> 1 x Mouse
> Plus assorted cabling.
>
>         Unfortunately no books or installation CD, and I
> wonder if any Australian DECstation-manager could send me a
> CD-ROM to install Ultrix 4.3 or similar. I am interested in
> paying for costs for sending a CD-ROM that may have been
> relegated to being turned into a drink coaster. I assume
> there have been updates for Ultrix and that 4.3 is old.
>         My email address is:-
> ajudson@vnpbanp1.telstra.com.au
>         My location is:-
> Melbourne Victoria Australia
>
>         If I fail in getting an installation CD, I guess I
> could use the 2GB DAT for my 486 Linux machine.
>

        I received 8 responses to this request.
Response Origin     Precis
     No.
       1 USA        NetBSD and OpenBSD. Anymore disposals?
                    Linux port is in progress.
       2 Portugal   2 users max without license for Ultrix 4.5,
                    and is quite dated. Take a look at
                    www.openbsd.org and www.netbsd.org. Best
                    bet will be netbsd.
       3 USA        OpenBSD, See http://www.openbsd.org/.
       4 USA        DAT and 1961 monitor work well on PC.
       5 USA        check out www.netbsd.org, NetBSD 1.3.2
       6 Phoenix,   consider installing NetBSD 1.3.2
         USA        (www.netbsd.org)
       7 USA        I'm looking forward to your summary.
       8 Melbourne, Can send CD
         Australia

        So the recommended action, by a landslide majority
is NetBSD or OpenBSD. In my city here we have computer
swap meets, and I have enquired to one of the CD-ROM
sellers, for OpenBSD. Thankyou to all who responded.
                                Alan Judson
                                SDN (Austpac) Technician
                                ajudson@vnpbanp1.telstra.com.au