Re: 4.3/4.4 IBM distributions (need history)

"User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys(a)seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> writes: The University of California at Berkeley has never made any releases for IBM RT and nor will I, so there are no BSD releases for IBM RT. I have heard jokes that CSRG got Microsoft to rewrite 90% of the code for them. Seriously, though, the bloat starts in Reno and really gets out of hand in 4.4. The sources are bloated just as much as the binaries, so I wouldn't blame it just on the compiler or the libraries. Sincerely, Michael Sokolov Phone: 440-449-0299 (Home) 216-217-2579 (Cellular) ARPA Internet SMTP mail: mxs46(a)k2.scl.cwru.edu Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id FAA04299 for pups-liszt; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 05:06:39 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au) X-Authentication-Warning: minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au: major set sender to owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au using -f Received: from mailhost2.transarc.com (mailhost2.transarc.com [158.98.14.14]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA04294 for <pups(a)MINNIE.CS.ADFA.EDU.AU>AU>; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 05:06:23 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from pat(a)transarc.com) Received: from grant.transarc.com (grant.transarc.com [158.98.16.11]) by mailhost2.transarc.com (8.8.0/8.8.0) with SMTP id NAA05380; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:05:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:05:13 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Barron <pat(a)transarc.com> To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys(a)seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> cc: pups(a)MINNIE.CS.ADFA.EDU.AU Subject: Re: 4.3/4.4 IBM distributions (need history) In-Reply-To: <199811231709.MAA09886(a)seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981123125810.17938D-100000(a)grant.transarc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au Precedence: bulk I think there were some additional licensing restrictions on AOS (e.g., only available to educational institutions), so it might not be includable in the archive. I can probably track down folks in Palo Alto who worked AOS, and find out. As far as I know, there was never an "official" ACIS release beyond the 1988 4.3BSD release. I have actual distribution tapes around somewhere, and could probably make tape images available if it's determined that that's OK. --Pat. P.S. We just dumpster-ized about 6 or 8 RTs from our storage facility in the last couple of weeks - I had tried to give them away, but the person who was lined up to take them didn't move quite fast enough, and the person assigned to storage clean-up got tired of having them around ... :-( Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id FAA04329 for pups-liszt; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 05:08:33 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au) X-Authentication-Warning: minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au: major set sender to owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au using -f