< have a single 'master' source system and build and distribute from
< that).
For me that would be perfectly useless as the only PDP-11 compuler is the
DECUS-C and ti's far to minimal to crunch that. Chicken and egg. Right
now I need the chicken on my 11/73 before I can consider the sources
and then I have to configure enough storage to hold them.
< that everyone would be dancing with joy at being freed from binary
< only releases.
I sorta am but for me $100 might as well be $10,000.
<
< As has been mentioned before there are binary only V6, V7, and V5
< images already available without requiring a source license at
Their problem is from what I can tell is they are not runable on my
11/73 with the hardware I have. There is that little problem of
transfering them (via RT-11?).
My config, call it a sanity test to see if there is an existant binary I
can run:
11/73 1mb non-pmi ram
DLV11j
RQDX3 rx33, rx52(x2) (rx53 available)
RX02
RLV12 and one RL02
TK50
I can swap a DHV-11 for the DLV11j.
I can put in 1 more meg of non-pmi ram.
The TK50 is shared with a VAX.
RT-11 V5 running.
There are no RKxxs available.
I expect I'll never be able to network the 11s I have, nor will I have
adaquate resources (Disk) to compile the kernel. I will not discuss the
11/23 or the pro350 sitting next to them as it's been implied they could
only run the oldest versions due to lack of I&D space.
Allison
< I've just created a SMALL mailing list for those people who have
<volunteered to write CD-ROMs, cut tapes etc. so we can distribute the
<software covered by the up-coming SCO source license.
Query:
The license is more concerned with source level code. What about those of
us that are interested in binaries only configured for a working system?
Allison
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In article by Allison J Parent:
> < I've just created a SMALL mailing list for those people who have
> <volunteered to write CD-ROMs, cut tapes etc. so we can distribute the
> <software covered by the up-coming SCO source license.
>
> The license is more concerned with source level code. What about those of
> us that are interested in binaries only configured for a working system?
You can pick up binaries for 5th, 6th and 7th Edition UNIX for free,
as they are already covered by a SCO license. See
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/Licenses/v7_bin_license.txt
If you also look at the PUPS Home Page
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS
you can pick up RK05 disk images for all three edition, as part of
Bob Supnik's PDP-11 emulator.
Warren
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> I was given an PDP-11/84 but I have no idea what OS it has installed.
> ...
> And another thing. This machine had a Wangtek 5150EQ tape streamer. If I
> ...
> There're some (bad quality) pictures of the board at
> http://spektr.ludvika.se/museum/pics/pdp11-board1.jpg
I finally got a chance to look at the picture; the board looks to me like
an MTI MSV22, which is a Q-bus board. There's no way that it's a Unibus
board. Are you sure you've got an 11/84 there, and not a 11/83?
Tim.
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> From: allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent)
> Query:
>
> The license is more concerned with source level code. What about those of
> us that are interested in binaries only configured for a working system?
If you don't plan on staying current with parts that change then
a binary only system might work. I can't see myself volunteering
to build binaries (especially kernels) for varying configurations.
The older, 'static' or frozen (for now), distributions can be run
binary only - but the traditional method of updating systems was
to either distribute diffs or replacement source modules.
One main reason for this, especially in the kernel (but also some
applications level stuff), is that the address space of a PDP-11 does
not allow the luxury of including all ways of doing something. For
example: the C library has to be build for either 'hosts' file or
resolver routines - can't do both. So someone's running a binary
only release but with a hosts file orientation. THey want updated
binaries but all my systems are resolver based - building new binaries
would be painful and time consuming. What happens when a system
include file changes and all (or many) of the binaries in the system
are affected - who's going to volunteer to recompile the system and
make a new CD for the folks who don't want to maintain current sources?
In the kernel arena it's even worse - who ever builds a kernel would
have to request a 'config' file (do you want 'quotas' or not, do you
want 'networking' and if so which ethernet card, do you want 1 or 2
MSCP controllers, and so on. Ick.) and custom build a kernel (can't
include _all_ possible devices, etc because it just won't fit). I
don't know about any one else but I'd rather not get into the
providing custom kernels and binaries.
From V5 on (I can't speak for earlier) you were expected to have a
source license (which thanks to SCO's help we now will have) and
install/maintain the system from those. Binary only setups were
extremely uncommon (except in shops with lots of machines and they'd
have a single 'master' source system and build and distribute from
that).
Configurability is very limited without sources and I'd have thought
that everyone would be dancing with joy at being freed from binary
only releases.
As has been mentioned before there are binary only V6, V7, and V5
images already available without requiring a source license at all.
There's no need to pay the minimal $100 for the upcoming license if
all that's desired is a binary only system that's preconfigured for
a limited set of devices. (re)configuration takes sources.
So I guess the question is who's volunteering to build and distribute
the binary only kits? Not me ;-)
Steven Schultz
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On Tue, 3 March 1998 at 17:17:18 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
>> From: allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent)
>> Query:
>>
>> The license is more concerned with source level code. What about those of
>> us that are interested in binaries only configured for a working system?
>
> If you don't plan on staying current with parts that change then
> a binary only system might work. I can't see myself volunteering
> to build binaries (especially kernels) for varying configurations.
>
> (omitting detailled explanation)
>
> I
> don't know about any one else but I'd rather not get into the
> providing custom kernels and binaries.
All good reasons. I suppose I could give access to an emulator over
the net if anybody wants to do it themselves. This is not the way to
go if you have your own machine with enough storage, but it might be
if you're low on storage.
> As has been mentioned before there are binary only V6, V7, and V5
> images already available without requiring a source license at
> all.
JOOI, where are these?
Greg
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Hi,
I was given an PDP-11/84 but I have no idea what OS it has installed.
It says this when it starts up:
Testing in progress - Please wait
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
starting system
.
__: ADA1: Load resident files
A.DU0: BOOT from @ 526 fp ch Memory size 2048kBytes v06.12.413
VISONIK
Building supervisory and managment system
Landis & Gyr, Building Control
__: INI0: Start of RSYS !
__:SU03: Update Common from SYSL !
__: SIX2: Dataset IM: Rebuild Index
__: SIX2: Dataset REA: Rebuild Index
__: SIX2: Dataset DM: Rebuild Index
__: MELD: Init STA-Pointer 43252
__: MELD: Init ZMS-Pointer 10774
It has controlled the ventilation system on a hospital of that can be of
any help.
Anyone knows what OS this could be?
And another thing. This machine had a Wangtek 5150EQ tape streamer. If I
look
at the cables it seems to be SCSI. And the controller for the streamer is
not manufactured
by DEC. (There's no DEC logo on it at least.)
It says B 01079 ISS.4 1984 CTS-11 CKK 3890 on the board. Is this a SCSI
controller board?
Can I connect SCSI disks to it or is it a streamer only interface?
There're some (bad quality) pictures of the board at
http://spektr.ludvika.se/museum/pics/pdp11-board1.jpg
There's a switch on the front of the CPU box that says "AUX ON | OFF". And
on the back of
the PSU there's a switch that says "remote | off | local". What function do
they have?
Thanks!
--
Jorgen Pehrson
jp(a)spektr.ludvika.se
http://spektr.ludvika.se/museum
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> I was given an PDP-11/84 but I have no idea what OS it has installed.
> __: ADA1: Load resident files
> A.DU0: BOOT from @ 526 fp ch Memory size 2048kBytes v06.12.413
> __: INI0: Start of RSYS !
> __:SU03: Update Common from SYSL !
It looks like a version of RSTS/E to me (but that's mainly because I
know it isn't RT-11 or RSX-11...)
> And another thing. This machine had a Wangtek 5150EQ tape streamer. If I
> look
> at the cables it seems to be SCSI. And the controller for the streamer is
> not manufactured
> by DEC. (There's no DEC logo on it at least.)
> It says B 01079 ISS.4 1984 CTS-11 CKK 3890 on the board. Is this a SCSI
> controller board?
It's almost certainly a QIC-02 controller, probably doing TS11 emulation.
The sure way to test if its doing TS11 emulation or not is to drop into
console ODT and see if there's something living at the TS11 CSRs at
17772520.
> There's a switch on the front of the CPU box that says "AUX ON | OFF". And
> on the back of
> the PSU there's a switch that says "remote | off | local". What function do
> they have?
These control the 3-wire DEC power controller bus.
Warren may want to correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't non-Unix issues
like these best taken to forums such as vmsnet.pdp-11 and comp.os.rsts ?
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
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In article by Dion Johnson:
> I am going to give myself the go-ahead and not bother those busy
> legal folks any more.
Goodo.
> It looks like we may be able to permit credit cards and Intl Money Orders.
> Are VISA and AMEX enough cards to support? I should know pretty soon on this.
I suspect that would be fine.
> > Someone asked if a password-protected ftp site would be ok?
> > I thought that it might contravene the license. What's your opinion?
>
> As long as you know WHO has the password, that would be in accordance
> with the license, as I read it.
> -Dion
That's excellent news, Dion. I'll cc this to the PUPS mailing list.
Thanks again,
Warren
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On Tue, 3 March 1998 at 10:28:19 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> In article by Dion Johnson:
>> I am going to give myself the go-ahead and not bother those busy
>> legal folks any more.
>
> Goodo.
Great news!
>> It looks like we may be able to permit credit cards and Intl Money Orders.
>> Are VISA and AMEX enough cards to support? I should know pretty soon on this.
>
> I suspect that would be fine.
I would think that you should add MasterCard to that list, possibly
instead of Amexco.
Where do we go from here? Can we start to bombard you with
license applications?
Greg
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> >> It looks like we may be able to permit credit cards and Intl Money Orders.
>
> I would think that you should add MasterCard to that list, possibly
> instead of Amexco.
>
> Where do we go from here? Can we start to bombard [Dion] with
> license applications?
> Greg
Dion sent me this suggestion:
So I guess what we have is this:
1. Prospective licensee gets the license from [PUPS] website.
2. He signs and sends to SCO and sends his $100 to SF PO box.
3. Someone here [at SCO] lets [PUPS] know that he is a licensee.
4. [PUPS] can send him the source code (and charge a fee for that
as you see fit).
SCO wants the license on paper. I asked him for the final license in a
form suitable for printing, e.g PostScript, PDF, Word format (gasp!).
Greg's suggestion about MasterCard went to Dion as well. I guess we just
have to sit back & wait until we get the word (and the final license)
from Dion.
As soon as I have all the details, there will be a description of the
steps you need to perform in order to get a license placed on the PUPS
home page.
Cheers all,
Warren
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Another suggestion - keep a list of the licencees on the PUPS website. That
way everyone would know who they could exchange software with. Most new
stuff would probably end up on the site anyway, but during development
it might be good to know.
Neil
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> Another suggestion - keep a list of the licencees on the PUPS website. That
> way everyone would know who they could exchange software with. Most new
> stuff would probably end up on the site anyway, but during development
> it might be good to know.
As most all of the "new stuff" lately seems to be 2.11BSD-related,
this brings up a (probably silly) question of mine: what's the
relationship between the SCO license agreement and 2.9, 2.10, and 2.11BSD?
Will the SCO license be functionally equivalent to a WE/AT&T source
license (other than the per-machine limitations)? In other words,
are the 2BSD distributions "SUCCESSOR OPERATING SYSTEMS" in the language
of the agreement?
Another stupid question: few of us (perhaps I'm the only one) have
CD-ROM readers/writers attached to PDP-11's. Will those who have to
transfer the source kit through a PC-clone or other Unix workstation
have to license the intermediary machines with SCO? In other words,
will the intermediary machines need to be registered as "DESIGNATED
CPU"s?
Tim.
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In article by Tim Shoppa:
> > Another suggestion - keep a list of the licencees on the PUPS website. That
> > way everyone would know who they could exchange software with. Most new
> > stuff would probably end up on the site anyway, but during development
> > it might be good to know.
>
> As most all of the "new stuff" lately seems to be 2.11BSD-related,
> this brings up a (probably silly) question of mine: what's the
> relationship between the SCO license agreement and 2.9, 2.10, and 2.11BSD?
> Will the SCO license be functionally equivalent to a WE/AT&T source
> license (other than the per-machine limitations)? In other words,
> are the 2BSD distributions "SUCCESSOR OPERATING SYSTEMS" in the language
> of the agreement?
2BSDs are definitely SUCCESSOR OPERATING SYSTEMS as they are derived from
the listed products (6th, 7th Edition and 32V) and are 16-bit operating
systems.
> Another stupid question: few of us (perhaps I'm the only one) have
> CD-ROM readers/writers attached to PDP-11's. Will those who have to
> transfer the source kit through a PC-clone or other Unix workstation
> have to license the intermediary machines with SCO? In other words,
> will the intermediary machines need to be registered as "DESIGNATED
> CPU"s?
My interpretation is this:
DESIGNATED CPU means all CPUs licensed as such for a specific
SOURCE CODE PRODUCT.
SCO grants to LICENSEE a personal, nontransferable and
nonexclusive right to use, in the AUTHORIZED COUNTRY, each SOURCE
CODE PRODUCT identified in Section 3 of this Agreement, solely
for personal use [..] and solely on or in conjunction with
DESIGNATED CPUs [...]. Such right to use includes the right to
modify such SOURCE CODE PRODUCT and to prepare DERIVED BINARY PRODUCT
based on such SOURCE CODE PRODUCT,
In my opinion, you can't USE the source code unless you have a CPU which
run the machine code which is produced by the source code. I can't prepare
a DERIVED BINARY PRODUCT if I don't have a PDP-11 or an emulator of such.
I'd better check with Dion.
Warren
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In article by Neil Johnson:
> Another suggestion - keep a list of the licencees on the PUPS website. That
> way everyone would know who they could exchange software with. Most new
> stuff would probably end up on the site anyway, but during development
> it might be good to know.
This is a good idea, but I'd be happy for a licencee to opt out from the
list if they so desired.
Warren
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All,
I've just created a SMALL mailing list for those people who have
volunteered to write CD-ROMs, cut tapes etc. so we can distribute the
software covered by the up-coming SCO source license.
If you had volunteered but didn't receive any email about it today, please
mail me back as I've missed you somehow.
Still waiting on Dion re the final license document and the questions
regarding Mastercard and `intermediate' CPUs.
Cheers all,
Warren
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----- Forwarded message from Dion Johnson -----
> > Will those who have to
> > transfer the source kit through a PC-clone or other Unix workstation
> > have to license the intermediary machines with SCO? In other words,
> > will the intermediary machines need to be registered as "DESIGNATED
> > CPU"s?
>
> I hope not!
> Warren
Right, that makes no sense at all. I suspect we (you and I) will
want to whip up a sort of cover letter for the license that
explains how to fill out the form and, as experience accumulates,
a FAQ, etc.
-Dion
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> > Steven was expecting to see a substantial hit due to the ZIP's access time,
>
> Quite so. Especially on the 'find' which is almost pure 'seek'
> operations.
>
> Wasn't there mention somewhere of a 200mb Zip? I know there's the
> 2gb Jaz drive now but haven't heard anymore about a larger Zip. On
> the other hand there is the Syquest product line - they've a 135mb
> "zip like" (but not compatible) drive.
I don't know anything about larger Zip drives but Syquest makes the
EZFlyer 230MB which is compatible with the EZFlyer 135. I got one for
Christmas and love it. I _believe_ it's a bit faster than the Zip.
The EZFlyer data sheet is at http://www.syquest.com/products/d_ezflyer.html
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All,
re the question `Are CD-ROMs the best method of distributing the
PUPS archive of PDP-11 UNIX material'? The answer is: it's a good method, for
the following reasons:
+ you can't easily write over the CD-ROM
+ impervious to magnetic fields
+ the PUPS archive is always going to be changing, as I find and
add new stuff to it.
+ the SCO license enforces that I get written permission before I
pass anything to a third party. Taking this in a conservative
fashion, this might rule out a password-protected ftp archive.
However, I'll check with Dion at SCO on this.
+ we can only charge fees for copying and distribution, and cannot
make money on the CD-ROMs
Therefore, treat the archive CD-ROM like you would the FreeBSD or Linux
distributions on CD-ROM: they will go out of date, but you can purchase
new versions of the CD-ROM, and they should be relatively inexpensive.
Ok, so CD-ROMs are not the _best_ method of distributing the archive, but
they are a _good_ way of doing so.
Ciao,
Warren
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On Mon, 2 March 1998 at 8:47:07 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> All,
> re the question `Are CD-ROMs the best method of distributing the
> PUPS archive of PDP-11 UNIX material'? The answer is: it's a good method, for
> the following reasons:
>
> + you can't easily write over the CD-ROM
> + impervious to magnetic fields
> + the PUPS archive is always going to be changing, as I find and
> add new stuff to it.
> + the SCO license enforces that I get written permission before I
> pass anything to a third party. Taking this in a conservative
> fashion, this might rule out a password-protected ftp archive.
> However, I'll check with Dion at SCO on this.
> + we can only charge fees for copying and distribution, and cannot
> make money on the CD-ROMs
>
> Therefore, treat the archive CD-ROM like you would the FreeBSD or Linux
> distributions on CD-ROM: they will go out of date, but you can purchase
> new versions of the CD-ROM, and they should be relatively inexpensive.
I still miss the distinction between CD-ROMs and WORMs. CD-ROMs are
relatively expensive in small quantities, not just because of the
setup costs, but also because of the wastage involved. WORMs
(writeable CD-ROMs) are probably a better choice for the anticipated
volume.
Greg
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In article by Greg Lehey:
> On Mon, 2 March 1998 at 8:47:07 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> > All,
> > re the question `Are CD-ROMs the best method of distributing the
> > PUPS archive of PDP-11 UNIX material'? The answer is: it's a good method,
> > for the following reasons:
> I still miss the distinction between CD-ROMs and WORMs. CD-ROMs are
> relatively expensive in small quantities, not just because of the
> setup costs, but also because of the wastage involved. WORMs
> (writeable CD-ROMs) are probably a better choice for the anticipated
> volume.
> Greg
Sorry, my fault. I use CD-ROM to mean anything which can be read in a CD-ROM
drive. That obviously includes CD-W, which is what I really mean here.
Ciao,
Warren
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From: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: PDP UNIX and CD-ROMs
To: pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (PDP Unix Preservation)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:38:33 +1100 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199803012228.OAA27094(a)rainbow.Corp.Sun.COM> from Chris Drake at "Mar 1, 98 02:28:21 pm"
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In article by Chris Drake:
> >Ok, so CD-ROMs are not the _best_ method of distributing the archive, but
> >they are a _good_ way of doing so.
>
> Sounds good to me... Just out of curiosity, got any idea how many people are
> on this list and/or might want a CD? I may have a limited ability to cut
> some at work, but not if we're talking lots.
I'd say at least 100 initially, and at least 300 in the first 12 months.
I'm trying to organise a bunch of people who can burn CDs, to keep the
individual workload down.
I'll be creating a Rock Ridge image using mkisofs from the archive here.
People who are prepared to burn CDs can either download the image, or the
entire archive. For the latter, I'll include a makefile to build the CD image.
Oviously, people who do mirror the archive:
+ will be asked to burn CDs, and will do so,
+ must be covered by a license. I will need either a signed
letter (on paper) describing the license, or a PGP-signed
email describing the license, before I can give access to
the archive.
Does this sound reasonable, everyone?
Warren
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On Mon, 2 March 1998 at 9:38:33 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> In article by Chris Drake:
>>> Ok, so CD-ROMs are not the _best_ method of distributing the archive, but
>>> they are a _good_ way of doing so.
>>
>> Sounds good to me... Just out of curiosity, got any idea how many people are
>> on this list and/or might want a CD? I may have a limited ability to cut
>> some at work, but not if we're talking lots.
>
> I'd say at least 100 initially, and at least 300 in the first 12 months.
> I'm trying to organise a bunch of people who can burn CDs, to keep the
> individual workload down.
>
> I'll be creating a Rock Ridge image using mkisofs from the archive here.
> People who are prepared to burn CDs can either download the image, or the
> entire archive. For the latter, I'll include a makefile to build the CD image.
>
> Oviously, people who do mirror the archive:
>
> + will be asked to burn CDs, and will do so,
As I mentioned before, I can cut tapes, but not burn CDs. I think
this is still a valuable service.
> + must be covered by a license. I will need either a signed
> letter (on paper) describing the license, or a PGP-signed
> email describing the license, before I can give access to
> the archive.
Right. Any further news about when this could happen?
> Does this sound reasonable, everyone?
Modulo my point above, yes.
Greg
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>From Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au> Mon Mar 2 10:25:00 1998
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From: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: PDP UNIX and CD-ROMs
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Greg writes:
>> Oviously, people who do mirror the archive:
>> will be asked to burn CDs, and will do so,
>>
> As I mentioned before, I can cut tapes, but not burn CDs. I think
> this is still a valuable service.
Apologies again, Greg. Yes cutting tapes will also be valuable,
esp. for people who have a PDP-11.
> Right. Any further news about when this could happen?
No, I'm waiting on feedback from Dion. He did say he had started the
process of making it a product, but I don't have an ETA for it at the
moment.
Many thanks again for volunteering!!
Warren
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>From Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au> Mon Mar 2 11:41:16 1998
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Subject: Part of PUPS Archive via FTP
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All,
To show you what I'm thinking of for the CD-ROM version of the
PUPS archive, I've put the unlicensed parts up for anonymous ftp at:
ftp://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/pub/PDP-11/PUPS_Archive/
I've kept the directory structure intact, but you won't find any files
that require a source license. I'd appreciate any comments. Note that
there's a directory called Trees missing. It will contain `exploded'
trees for v6, v7 and 2.11BSD.
The Lists directory is interesting: it contains tar vtf listings of all
tarballs in the archive, with added checksums so you can determine identical
files in multiple tarballs.
This is all rough cut at the moment, so don't treat anything as unchangeable.
Warren
