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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!csnews!coop.net!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!woodstock.news.demon.net!demon!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!tamarix.demon.co.uk!tamarix!andrew From: andrew@#nospam#tamarix.demon.co.uk (Andrew Josey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.unixware.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: UnixWare Frequently Asked Questions (General) Supersedes: <Eu68AG.10L@tamarix.demon.co.uk> Followup-To: comp.unix.unixware.misc Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 07:43:28 GMT Organization: Home. Sender: news@tamarix.demon.co.uk Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Expires: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <Euw5GG.r9@tamarix.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Summary: Answers to questions frequently asked about SCO's UnixWare product X-NNTP-Posting-Host: tamarix.demon.co.uk:158.152.252.110 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 898415446 nnrp-05:4932 NO-IDENT tamarix.demon.co.uk:158.152.252.110 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 876 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.unix.unixware.misc:28067 comp.answers:31863 news.answers:133425 Archive-name: unix-faq/unixware/general Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 21 June 1998 Version: 2.16 UnixWare Frequently Asked Questions (General) For more information about the files which make up the total UnixWare FAQ, see the "FAQ Overview" file posted regularly on the Internet newsgroup comp.unix.unixware.misc. Introduction This is the General section of the UnixWare Frequently Asked Questions file maintained on the Internet. Its maintainers are Evan Leibovitch and Andrew Josey. Questions G12-G17 were kindly contributed by Geoff Galitz. Suggestions and contributions are always welcome. The General section covers general aspects of UnixWare not covered in the other sections of the FAQ be subdivided in the future if necessary. This document and the other FAQ files may be found on the world wide web at http://www.freebird.org/faq/ This document may also be obtained by anonymous ftp from the freebird archive at * ftp.freebird.org:/unixware/freebird/hints/FAQ/general * ftp1.freebird.org:/pub/mirror/freebird/hints/FAQ/general * ftp2.freebird.org:/pub/unixware/freebird/hints/FAQ/general Small print: This file is Copyright 1997-1998 freebird.org. Permission is granted for copying for non-commercial use. Many proper names of companies and software mentioned in these files are trademarks of their respective owners. All views are those of the individual contributors and not of their employers. This FAQ contains the following questions and answers: TABLE OF CONTENTS G1) What is UnixWare? Is it really SVR4 based? G2) Where can I purchase UnixWare? G3) How much does UnixWare cost? G4) What industry standards does UnixWare support? G5) What versions of X11 and Motif are supported? What about CDE? G6) What's in UnixWare 2.1? G7) What are UnixWare's hardware requirements? Does it run on a PC? How can I find out hardware compatibility? G8) What is the current release/version of UnixWare? G9) What's new in UnixWare 7? G10) How is UnixWare 7 packaged? G11) What networking support is included in UnixWare 7 ? G12) What's the difference between Unixware 7 and Unixware 2.1x? G13) Do I need to recompile my OpenServer apps for Unixware 7? G14) Will my Unixware 2 application work on Unixware 7? G15) Will my OpenServer binary applications work on Unixware 7? G16) What the heck is this OSRCMDS thing? G17) What about specific Applications on UnixWare 7, such as Wordperfect, Informix, Oracle, MicroFocus COBOL, and Cleo SNA Server G18) Are there anonymous ftp or web server sites with UnixWare archives? G19) Where can I get online information on UnixWare? G20) Where can I get a hardware compatibility list for UnixWare? G21) Where can I find a driver for [accelerated graphics card]? G22) Is there a UnixWare user's group? G23) Does UnixWare support multiprocessing? G24) Does UnixWare function as a NetWare server? G25) Can UnixWare run Linux binaries ? G26) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS Subject: G1) What is UnixWare? Is it really SVR4 based? UnixWare is one of SCO's UNIX operating system offerings (transferred from Novell to SCO on Dec 6th 1995), combining UNIX(R) System V Release 4.2 for 80x86 processors (including Multiprocessors) with NetWare client connectivity (and NW Server in UW2.1), DOS Merge, Motif, support and documentation. It provides a graphical user interface based on the X11R5 windowing system, and is capable of running Unix, DOS, and/or Windows programs. The most recent version is known as UnixWare 7. Some History.... UnixWare, first released in November 1992, was the product of a jointly-owned venture, named Univel, between Novell and Unix System Laboratories (USL, then 77% majority owned by AT&T). In June 1993, Novell completed its acquisition of USL and, by extension, Univel. USL and Univel were folded into the Novell Unix Systems Group (USG, the namesake of an earlier group by the same name at AT&T). UnixWare 2 and 2.1 were developed by the same team (formerly at 190 River Road, Summit, New Jersey, then Florham Park, NJ) that worked with Sun Microsystems to create UNIX(R) System V Release 4. UnixWare 1.x was based on the UNIX(R) System V Release 4.2 kernel completed by USL in July 1992 , and UnixWare 2.x was based on the UNIX(R) System V Release 4.2MP kernel completed by USL in December 1993. In September 1995 Novell announced it was pulling out of the UNIX(R) business and that the UnixWare business would transfer to SCO Inc. The transfer completed on December 6th 1995. Future development of UnixWare 2 will be done by SCO now at Murray Hill in New Jersey, USA. The UNIX trademark, previously owned by AT&T and then deeded to USL, passed to Novell with the acquisition of USL. After a brief period of negotiations with rival Unix vendors Sun Microsystems, Santa Cruz Operation, International Business Machines, and Hewlett-Packard, Novell granted exclusive licensing rights to the UNIX trademark to X/Open, now part of The Open Group, an international Open Systems industry standards organization. The UNIX trademark is now owned by The Open Group (see http://www.UNIX-systems.org for Q&A's on X/Open UNIX and the branding programme); the industry agreed definition of UNIX (branded as UNIX95 previously "Spec1170") is a set of over 1,000-odd applications programming interfaces (APIs) drawn from the following standards: IEEE Portable Operating System's Interface (POSIX) 1003.1 AT&T's System V Interface Definition SVID3 X/Open's XPG4 Version 2 interface specification "Use-based" APIs drawn from an assortment of third-party vendors The Open Group has now made a HTML translation of the Single UNIX Specification on the world wide web (see http://www.UNIX-systems.org/go/unix). UnixWare 1.x and 2.x are or were UNIX 93 branded (SCO seemed to drop the 1.x release off the register). UnixWare 2.1.1 and later are UNIX 95 branded, that is are conforming to the Single UNIX Specification. X/Open maintains an online list of branded products. A summary of some of the key features of UnixWare (taken from http://unixware.sco.com) follows: 32-bit processing with a fully-multithreaded kernel and preemptive multitasking Based on the latest version of UNIX SVR4.2 MP multiprocessor technology Asynchronous I/O Kernel, disk I/O and networking protocols are multithreaded for optimal performance and scalability User-levels threads APIs for writing multithreaded applications Dynamically loadable modules including device drivers, file systems, etc., to optimize memory utilization and performance Adheres to POSIX 1003.1, X/Open XPG4 Base Profile Brand, FIPS 151-2, UNIX System V ABI, ABI+, SVID 3, iBCS2 and X Consortium ICCCM Point-and click, drag-and-drop GUI Clock, calculator, text editor, e-mail and terminal emulator Online hypertext documentation and help facility OSF/Motif 1.2.3 GUI for desktop and applications Support for X-Window X11R5 facilities, including bit-mapped fonts Adobe Type Manager plus 13 Adobe Type 1 scalable fonts (uses standard DOS and Adobe fonts) Intuitive installation procedure from CD-ROM or QIC-tape or via network Graphical system and network administration tools Support for UNIX commands, interfaces and utilities such as Bourne shell, ksh, csh, vi, tar and cpio Full internationalization:English, German, French, Japanese, Italian and Spanish versions available The list of features from Free SCO UnixWare (currently 2.1.2) is as below: The Free SCO UnixWare product is a license to use the fully-functional single-user version of SCO UnixWare Application Server -- an advanced UNIX operating system that turns industry-standard Intel processor-based PCs into high-end workstations and development system platforms. In addition to traditional UNIX System facilities and development tools, the Free SCO UnixWare product includes Internet Services and full TCP/IP networking. Internet Services includes everything you need to quickly get up and running on the Internet or Web. Free SCO UnixWare product allows you to explore the Internet and publish your own Web pages using Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0. It also allows you to run your own personal Web server using Netscape FastTrack Server 2.0. All of this is facilitated by the fast and reliable transport provided by enhanced PPP from Morning Star Technologies. Additional networking capabilities include IPX/SPX , NFS , DNS, SMTP and POP. The development system provided with Free SCO UnixWare product includes C and C++ compilers, a complete set of libraries and APIs, debuggers, and other tools for code development and testing. Use of this software is solely for educational and non-commercial use to enable the evaluation and understanding of SCO products. The latest version of UnixWare is known as UnixWare 7. This was introduced in March 1998. See http://www.sco.com/unixware/new_features/factsheet.html for a factsheet. Subject: G2) Where can I purchase UnixWare? Since December 6th 1995, UnixWare can be purchased through the SCO reseller channel. To order SCO UnixWare in North America, call the following number: 1 800 SCO UNIX (1 800 726 8649) For outside of North America, call: +44 1923 816344 Free UnixWare can be ordered directly from SCO See http://www.sco.com/offers/freeUW.htm. The current media costs are USD $19 (or #12.26 UK pounds). Be sure to specify you want the UnixWare - I ordered it yet received SCO OpenServer :-). During the next quarter its expected that a free version of UnixWare 7 will be made available. Subject: G3) How much does UnixWare cost? As above, Free UnixWare costs USD $19- We have no data on the other costs, contact the number above. Subject: G4) What industry standards does UnixWare support? UnixWare 1.x UnixWare 1.x supports the following formal and defacto industry standards X/Open Portability Guide Issue 3 Base Profile (XPG3) System V Interface Definition Issue 3 (SVID3) IEEE Std POSIX 1003.1-1990 (ISO 9945-1) [UW1.1.1 and later **] US Govt. FIPS 151-2 [UW1.1.1 and later formally certified] X/Open UNIX 93 branded UnixWare 2.x UnixWare 2.x supports the following formal and defacto industry standards X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4 Base Profile (XPG4) System V Interface Definition Issue 3 (SVID3) IEEE Std POSIX 1003.1-1990 (ISO 9945-1) US Govt. FIPS 151-2 (2.01 has been certified to GTI, MC, MFS and AP) Partial IEEE POSIX 1003.2-1992 support (commands) Partial XPG4 X/Open Transport Interface (XTI) X/Open UNIX 93 branded X/Open UNIX 95 branded (2.1.1 and later) Looking at standards trends (as of Dec 96) UnixWare lacks completes support for: POSIX 1003.1b-1993 Realtime (was P1003.4) and POSIX 1003.1c-1995 Threads; of these Threads is probably more needed than Realtime at the moment. UnixWare 7 claims the same level of standards compliance as UnixWare 2.1.2 , i.e. still no pthreads or realtime support. It does include better internet support, in the form of built in http/ldap servers, a JVM and JDK, improved networking support. Subject: G5) What versions of X11 and Motif are supported? What about CDE? X11 Support (graphical display system) UnixWare 2 currently supports the X11 graphical system at release 5 (complete with the standard X11 libraries and window managers). However, an unsupported release of X11R6 (as well as updated graphic drivers) are available in the freebird archive. The X11R6 server supports PEX, XIE, SHAPE ,MIT-SHM, Multi-Buffering, XTEST, BIG-REQUESTS, MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, XIdle, DEC-XTRAP, XIE, SYNC and XC-MISC extensions. The X11R5 server supports SHAPE, MIT-SHM, Multi-Buffering, XTEST, MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, XIdle and DEC-XTRAP extensions. Motif Motif libraries and the mwm window manager are shipped with UnixWare. The current version of Motif is 1.2.3. Also included are the MOTIF/OpenLook (Moolit) libraries and window manager. CDE (Common Desktop Environment) Although UnixWare 2 out-of-the-box doesn't support CDE directly, UnixWare 2 is "CDE-ready". This allows third parties to provide CDE functinality for UnixWare 2. One such company is TriTeal (see http://www.triteal.com). UnixWare 7 adds builtin support for X11R6 and CDE. Its not clear from the blurb what version of CDE and Motif are supported. Subject: G6) What's in UnixWare 2.1? A white paper describing UnixWare 2.1 can be downloaded from http://unixware.sco.com/2.1/newmastr.pdf You'll need a PDF viewer - Binaries for 7 UNIX platfforms including UnixWare are available on ftp://ftp.xopen.org/pub/PDF/xpdf. ftp.adobe.com has the freely available acrobat reader for Microsoft Windows and other platforms too. The html version is on http://unixware.sco.com/2.1/wp/wpunxtoc.htm Subject: G7) What are UnixWare's hardware requirements? Does it run on a PC? How can I find out hardware compatibility? Yes, UnixWare runs on PCs. The necessary hardware configuration for installing and running UnixWare is: * A personal computer running an Intel 80386 or higher processor with a minimum speed of 25MHz. The ISA, EISA, and MCA bus architectures are supported. * A minimum of 8MB RAM for the Personal Edition. * A minimum of 12 MB RAM for the Application Server. * A minimum 80MB hard disk for the Personal Edition. * A minimum 120 MB hard disk for the Application Server. * A minimum 40MB if you have a second hard disk (optional). * A 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch diskette drive for booting UnixWare. * A serial, bus, or PS/2-compatible mouse is recommended, but not required. Evan Leibovitch (evan@telly.on.ca) notes that, while UnixWare does not absolutely require a 3.5" diskette drive, it is a practical necessity in real world usage. Many useful/necessary packages only come on 3.5" media. He adds that the 1.1 release supports the new 2.88MB format 3.5" floppies for those machines which support it. Eric Raymond used to post in the Usenet group comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit a guide to hardware compatibility for Unix versions that run on Intel-based hardware. While not specifically devoted to UnixWare, it was handy for discussions of the difficulties that may be encountered in installing Unix on PC hardware. Unfortunately, nothing has been heard from Raymond in recent times and, while you can probably find a copy of the last version of the pc-clone hardware guide in the rtfm.mit.edu archives, the information therein is getting more dated by the minute. SCO maintain a set of Web pages that provide an Online Hardware Compatibility Handbook. The UnixWare2 information is integrated into that. This is available at: http://www.sco.com/Third/hch The freebird project also maintains a set of web pages where UnixWare users can register their hardware configurations: See http://www.freebird.org/hwcompat.html. Subject: G8) What is the current release/version of UnixWare? The latest release of UnixWare is UnixWare 7. The latest FREE release is UnixWare 2.1.2. The last version of UnixWare 1.x is release 1.1.4. The last version of UnixWare 2.0x is release 2.03. Subject: G9) What's new in UnixWare 7? Much of the following is taken from the SCO Web site at http://www.sco.com/unixware/new_features/factsheet.html . SVR5 Kernel * Large scale memory support up to 64GB * Large scale data storage with built-in disk spanning. 1TB files/filesystems and total storage of up to 76,500TB * Dynamic kernel with reduced per process memory and self-tuning for maximum performance * 64-bit filesystems, development tools and libraries Heterogeneous Network Computing * Network User Licenses for automatic user access to all services at a networked site (or campus), irrespective of the server that provides them * LDAP directory server, DHCP server, multi-link PPP and IPv6 APIs for enterprise wide connectivity * Scalable Message Store with support for IMAP4 for local, remote and mobil mail services * Optimized Java and JDK for web-enabled applications * Webtop, CDE or character-based interface Remote and Centralized Management * Tarantella technology for complete remote control via browser-based administration from anywhere * SCOadmin Wizards, new graphical configuration managers and point-and-click management using the console or via networked or dial-up connections * Host Group Management for one step management of multiple servers * Built-in SCO ARCserve/Open from Cheyenne Backup/Restore with automated, unattended operation Reliability and Fault Tolerance * Hot Plug PCI systems * High Availability Clustering * Dynamic Kernel Drivers with device independent driver instances that can be disabled, loaded/unloaded and enable system reconfiguration without bringing it down * Hot Swap Devices Emerging Hardware Support * Video adapters with advanced graphics capabilities; new audio hardware * Fast Ethernet, FDDI and ISDN for high speed connectivity * Multipath I/O, I2O, Hot Plug PCI, SSA and support for Fiber Channel devices * High Speed Modems and Serial communications up to 115K * Hot Plug Controllers and Disk Drives for live adding/replacement of components Subject: G10)How is UnixWare 7 packaged? Unixware 7 now packages the OS into five separate bundles as follows: Enterprise Edition: For high-end enterprise servers to run large-scale business applications and databases for decision support and on-line transaction processing. Departmental Edition: For departmental servers in medium or large organizations to run applications and reliably share business critical information with any client including PCs, NCs, terminals and any Java-enabled browser client. Intranet Edition: An industrial strength intranet/Internet server for enterprise wide web publishing and is an ideal foundation for e-commerce, extranet and Internet applications. Messaging Edition: For departmental and enterprise-wide Internet mail and messaging servers with powerful and reliable remote messaging capabilities, universal client access and simplified administration via built-in directory services. Base Edition: A solid foundation for building dedicated or specialized server environments, such as telecommunications equipment and other embedded systems. It also excels as a powerful graphical workstation. Base Departmental Enterprise Intranet Messaging System Requirements Memory (Min/Max) 16/512MB 32MB/4GB 32MB/64GB 32MB/4GB 32MB/4GB Disk Space 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB (Min/Recommended) Graphics 800x600 VGA 800x600 VGA 800x600 VGA 800x600 VGA800x600 VGA (Recommended Min) Subject: G11) What networking support is included in UnixWare 7 ? (I= included) [source = http://www.sco.com/unixware/new_features/factsheet.html] (O=optional) Base Departmental Enterprise Intranet Messaging Networking Support TCP/IP w/ Internet I I I I I utilities, IPv6 APIs & DHCP Multilink, I I I I I Multidomain PPP, SLIP IPX/SPXII I I I I I NetBIOS I I I I I NetBEUI w/AFPS w/AFPS w/AFPS w/AFPS w/AFPS SNMP (MIB II) I I I I I LDAP I I I I I ISDN, Fast Ethernet I I I I I (100MB, FDDI) NFS, NIS I I I I I Mail and Messaging Sendmail I I I I I IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, I I I I I MIME Graphical and I I I I I Character Clients Netscape I I Communicator 4.0 Netscape FastTrack I I I I Netscape Enterprise O O O I O Server 3.5 w/Indexing engine, SQL and ODBC connectivity Netscape Directory O O O I I Server 3.5 Subject: G12) What's the difference between Unixware 7 and Unixware 2.1x? A real description of the difference is, uh... not written up yet. See G9 for a general description of what's new. The answers you may be looking for are: UW7 is the Latest Version of UnixWare. UW7 includes integrated OpenServer functionality. The UW7 kernel has been rev'd to Release 5. That makes UW7, UNIX System V, Release 5 (SVR5) (that's marketing for you:-). If that doesn't satisfy you, try these on for size (thanks to davidgu@sco.com) UW7 has optional support for up to 64Gb of RAM UW7 has support for up to 76800Tb of disk UW7 supports Multi-Path I/O which gives built-in SCSI HA redundancy support with commodity SCSI HA's UW7 has Hot-plug PCI card support (where supported by the hardware) UW7 has I20 support UW7 is 64-bit ready (allows 64-bit files and filesystems, and implements the 64-bit API's ) UW7 can be administered over the web through Tarantella Webtop UW7 Installation Media and software license are now fully separated items Subject: G13) Do I need to recompile my OpenServer apps for Unixware 7? Geoff Galitz writes: In most cases, no. However, in the few issues that are not rectifiable (as noted below), a recompile will "almost always" work. I have never run into OpenServer code that does not compile on Unixware 7. That doesn't mean there isn't any, though. Subject: G14) Will my Unixware 2 application work on Unixware 7? Most will. There are applications (mostly commercial) that utilize what can be considered legacy aspects, generally apps that interact directly with the UnixWare desktop. Subject: G15) Will my OpenServer binary applications work on Unixware 7? Most will work without modification. However, there are some instances that should be noted (that are correctable): Binary Compatibility Module (BCM) This may be necessary for applications that require remapping of kernel structures. This is available on the Development System package for UW7. This package is called the UnixWare/OpenServer Development Kit, other names have been; Universal Development Kit, Gemini Development Kit (pre-release version) and Unixware Development Kit. Runtime-system differences Generally correctable by using the OSRCMDS environment variable). Sockets Applicationss that use sockets have a rather high possibility of failing. Installing the BCM or, of course, recompiling should rectify the matter. Subject: G16)What the heck is this OSRCMDS thing? OSRCMDS is an environmental variable that instructs the kernel to exec any specific OpenServer binaries that may exist in order for your OpenServer apps to work as expected. These specific binaries live in the /OpenServer filesystem. To use turn this functionality on, type: OSRCMDS=on ; export OSRCMDS if you use the Bourne or Korn Shell. Subject: G17) What about specific Applications on UnixWare 7, such as Wordperfect, Informix, Oracle, MicroFocus COBOL, and Cleo SNA Server. Wordperfect Wordperfect for SCO OpenServer installs without complaining, but will not work unless file locking is turned off. The necessary command is xwp -admin and explore the menus. Informix According to davidgu@sco.com: Online Dynamic Server 7.23 is available for UW7 and officially supported. Oracle According to davidgu@sco.com: Oracle 7.3.4 expected very soon. MicroFocus COBOL According to davidgu@sco.com: UW2.1 versions of Object COBOL Developer Suite 4.1 and Application v4.1 supported on UW7 with addition of ptf7013 and a modification to liblist. Cleo SNA Server According to davidgu@sco.com: Available and officially supported for UW7. Subject: G18) Are there anonymous ftp or web server sites with UnixWare archives? SCO has an anonymous ftp service at ftp.sco.com. UnixWare files can be found under ~ftp/UW20 for UnixWare 2.0, and ~ftp/UW21 for UnixWare 2.1. For freeware checkout http://www.freebird.org and ftp://ftp.freebird.org/unixware/freebird binaries of handy things like the GNU development tools, perl, Seyon and GhostScript show up there. The freebird project has two other prime sites: ftp://ftp1.freebird.org/pub/mirror/freebird ftp://ftp2.freebird.org/pub/unixware/freebird For the list of mirror sites see http://www.freebird.org/ftp_sites.html. The SCO Skunkware project also contains much freeware software and can be reached on http://www.sco.com/skunkware Subject: G19) Where can I get online information on UnixWare? *** COMPUSERVE *** SCO maintains a UnixWare forum on CompuServe. If you have a CompuServe ID and wish to access this form, type: GO UNIXWARE at any CompuServe prompt. There are message sections for General Information, Product Information, Developers, DOS Merge, Installation, X Windows, Networking, Device Drivers, Printing, Communications, Applications, Bug Watchers, and Updates. If you do not have a CompuServe ID, contact CompuServe Customer Service at 800-848-8990 or 614-457-8650 for information on setting up an account. *** USENET *** If you have access to Usenet, look into the newsgroup news:comp.unix.unixware.misc, comp.unix.unixware.announce. These forums entertains discussions and announcements of all issues related to UnixWare. Other newsgroups possibly of interest to UnixWare users are news:comp.unix.sys5.r4 (for discussions relating to the System V Release 4 version of Unix, which includes Novell's UnixWare) and news:comp.unix.misc (for miscellaneous discussions of Unix). If you do not have access to Usenet, you have a variety of options. If you have access to a Unix system, chances are good that it may already provide Usenet access - particularly if it is at an academic or research site. If you do not have access to a Unix system, your best bet is to get an account with one of the increasing number of public-access Unix systems being set up by entrepreneurial Unix sysadmins. You can find the contact phone numbers for such systems in any one of the many books on the Internet now beginning to flood the popular press. *** MAILING LIST *** (It's not clear that the following list is working at the moment). The news:comp.unix.unixware.misc newsgroup is gatewayed into a mailing list for the benefit of those users with email, but not Usenet, access. I quote from Evan Leibovitch's instructions for that list: TO SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE/GET HELP/ETC: Send an appropriate message to any *one* of the following addresses, each of which is addressed to the list server mechanism at this site (listed in order of my preference): listproc@telly.on.ca univel-request@telly.on.ca listserv@telly.on.ca The body of your message should contain one of the following lines *AS ITS ONLY CONTENT*: subscribe univel Your_Full_Name (Not your e-mail address, the system will pick that up from the headers.) unsubscribe univel recipients univel (gets a list of subscribers) help *** EMAIL *** (This section needs to be reworked.) *** FTP *** SCO maintains an official UnixWare FTP site at ftp.sco.com. To access this server, you will of course need Internet access. Type ftp ftp.sco.com At the login prompt, type anonymous When it asks for a password, enter your full email address. UnixWare 2.x updates and patches can be found in /UW20 and /UW21. FOR UNIXWARE 7.0.0 - this info from ftp://ftp.sco.com/README.UW7.Supplements Major Supplements: Unixware 7 Release Supplement Location: ftp://ftp.sco.com/Supplements/unixware7/rs700 Minor Supplements: Location: ftp://ftp.sco.com/SLS ptf7104a: Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B Driver ptf7021a: NFS Update Supplement ptf7017a: proc Driver Improvement Supplement ptf7016a: mem Driver Supplement (requires rs700) ptf7013: UnixWare 7 libsocket Patch (requires rs700) ptf7011: UnixWare 7 DLPI Update Supplement (requires rs700) ptf7005: UnixWare 7 Filesystem Update Supplement (requries rs700) ptf7003b: UnixWare 7 Supplement for Oracle 7 (requires rs700) ptf7002b: MPIO/Clariion Supplement (require rs700) Security Supplements: Location: ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE sse012: Replacement named binary Device Drivers: Location: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/drivers/UW700 ./audio: Audio Drivers Directory ./graphics: Graphics Drivers Directory *** WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) *** SCO have now taken over the UnixWare WWW site (indeed UnixWare 2.1 will include a copy of Mosaic that defaults to this page) http://unixware.sco.com/ (Its not clear if SCO has a European presence for a Web or ftp site). Via the WWW server at unixware.sco.com, you can submit product inquiries and technical support queries. Plus, there's quite a bit of documentation there to be perused. For a collection of freeware and shareware ported to UnixWare see http://www.freebird.org/ You can now get Netscape for UnixWare from SCO (see http://www.freebird.org for a link to that). *** GOPHER *** We've no data on the availability of any gopher servers at the moment. Subject: G20) Where can I get a hardware compatibility list for UnixWare? SCO has a set of Web pages containing hardware compatibility for all of SCO's server products. Certified hardware for UnixWare 2 has been merged into those pages which can be found at http://www.sco.com/Third/hch. Users of the freebird web site also register successful hardware configurations at http://www.freebird.org/hwcompat.html.. Subject: G21) Where can I find a driver for [accelerated graphics card]? Try ftp'ing to ftp.freebird.org, and look in the /unixware/freebird/x11/servers/betaX directory. Check the README file there for a listing of currently available drivers. These drivers are updated on a quarterly basis, and may be newer than those (and/or unavailable) on the latest OS distribution. Subject: G22) Is there a UnixWare user's group? Dan Busarow writes: The SCO Users Group can be reached electronically as scoug@xenitec.on.ca. Subscription requests to scoug-request@xenitec.on.ca. Subject: G23) Does UnixWare support multiprocessing? Yes, Multiprocessing support is included in release 2.01 and later. Subject: G24) Does UnixWare function as a NetWare server? Yes UnixWare 2.1 with NWS (NetWare Services) runs as a NetWare 4.1 Server. (Rumour has it than in some configurations the UnixWare NetWare server out performs native NetWare!) The features and components (this taken from http://unixware.sco.com) that are included with the UW2.1 NWS technology include: NetWare Directory ServicesÖ 4.1 (NDS)Ö NetWare 4.1 File Services NetWare 4.1 Print Services Graphical Administration Integrated backup and restore Hybrid user management User Licensing Subject: G25) Can UnixWare run Linux binaries ? Yes, see the lxrun emulator FAQ at http://www.sco.com/skunkware/emulators/lxrun-FAQ.html. Subject: G26) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare and UNIX ? If you have UnixWare 2, firstly try the online documentation - now in Dynatext and a great improvement on the UnixWare 1.x Fingertip Librarian. A book worth considering is "Novell's Guide to UnixWare 2" by Chris Negus and Larry Schumer . This is a second edition, the previous edition was about UnixWare 1.1. Published by Sybex its ISBN number is 0-7821-1720-1. Its also possible to order printed documentation (see the developer FAQ for details). Another good reference is the UNIX Press books on Unix SVR4.2. Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca or sko@wimsey.bc.ca) maintains the "Concise Guide to UNIX Books", which is posted regularly to the Usenet newsgroups misc.books.technical, alt.books.technical, biz.books.technical, comp.unix.questions, comp.unix.wizards, comp.unix.admin, comp.answers, and news.answers. It can also be downloaded from the Internet via anonymous ftp at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/unix. This list contains many titles of interest to UNIX users both new and old, and is well worth the trouble to acquire. A list of pointers to book resources can also be found at http://www.UNIX-systems.org/link_list.html. If you are looking for a reference guides to UNIX, TPI and NPI then see The Open Group's online web publications at http://www.opengroup.org/pubs/catalog/web.htm -- Andrew Josey #include <std/disclaimer.h>