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- From: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
- Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: uNIX on tired iron FAQ
- Message-ID: <1hkfYf#1sjOlC79984J9DClsJ5Y6btn=esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 14:35:55 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.150111.276@lrc.edu> <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com>
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- In <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com> peter da silva wrote:
- >I guess this is as good a time as any... I'm going to try and put together
- >a uNIX on tired iron FAQ. This will include contact information, support
- >info, resources, and so on for as many old uNIX boxes as possible. If anyone
- >has any information about Onyx, Fortune, Plexus, Zeus, 3b1, HP Integral, Wicat,
- >Pixar, and whatever other old no-longer-supported uNIX systems let me know.
- >
- >More modern or still-supported hardware is also kosher, if it's far enough
- >behind the state of the art that support is getting problematical. I'd like
- >to include some info on anything that will run on 286 and older 386 machines
- >(say, under 4M (4M is small? Say it ain't so!)...).
- >
- >Non-AT&T uNIXoid implementations are also welcome, from Idris and Regulus on
- >up to Coherent and QNX, since these tend to be smaller and more efficient.
-
- Good plan!
-
- I'm very willing to cooperate with you to keep the division of labor between
- our FAQs clean and make the combination comprehensive.
- --
- Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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