12 Jun
2013
12 Jun
'13
6:02 p.m.
On 2013-06-11 21:16, Clem Cole wrote:
C
heck out "the Unix Heritage Society":
http://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl to see what was "released" to
the world. My memory is that DEC only released a very early version of
Ultrix.
I don't think DEC did release any parts of Ultrix for free, but I might be wrong.
Ultrix-11 is covered by the ancient Unix license though, apart from the DEC specific bits
and pieces.
The last release of Ultrix was something like 4.6 (I'll have the check
my notes, but I'm traveling) - and on PMAX and VAX.
V4.5 was the last.
Over the course of time, Ultrix ran on: PDP-11 models with a MMU both
with and without separated I/D space, most of not all of the Vaxen
(except for the 9000 I believe), and MIPS 2K,3K,4K systems that Digital
made.
Actually, if I remember right, the 9000 is supported by Ultrix. However, the 7000/10000
systems are not. But I might also be remembering things wrong.
Johnny
Historical note: the original Alpha HW was brought up running Ultrix,
but that was never a product ;-)
Later version of Ultrix will run best on PMAX's made with a MIPS 4400 -
which was the last "new" processor that Ultrix supported.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Joe Ferraro <jferraro at gmail.com
<mailto:jferraro at gmail.com>> wrote:
Admittedly, posting without quick research, apologies...
Where does one come by Ultrix sources these days, is it hobbyist
licensable (or "abandonware"), and what hardware is needed?
Joe
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com
<mailto:sampsa at mac.com>> wrote:
I'm going for Ultrix for now - I'm a total TOPS-20 noob, would
need a lot of hand-holding to get the thing to run I fear...
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com <mailto:sampsa at mac.com>>
mobile +961 788 10537 <tel:%2B961%20788%2010537>
On 11 Jun 2013, at 11:36, Robert Jarratt
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com
<mailto:robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>> wrote:
which SIMH
does
> -----Original Message-----
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Update.UU.SE> [mailto:owner- <mailto:owner->
> hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:hecnet at
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> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
> Cc: Sampsa Laine
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with
DECNET
SIMH image
> ready to run?
>
> Al 11/06/13 10:05, En/na Sampsa Laine ha escrit:
>> Got some spare cycles/RAM on one of my boxes, would be fun
to
run
> TOPS-20 or Ultrix with DECNET?
>>
>> Anyone got a working image / HOWTO on getting this going?
> For TOPS-20, you can enable DECNET in the panda distribution
with
not too
> much effort. I tried to explain how to do it
here:
>
> http://ancientbits.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/ten-over-pi.html
>
> The main problem is the network setup. You will have to work
in
shared
mode and it
can wreck the host machine NIC.
Aren't we mixing up a couple of things here?
The Panda distribution, as far as I know, runs on the KL, not emulate. SIMH emulates the KS and right now you
can't run
DECnet on the
KS. There is work being done now to bring the KMC/DUP
emulation to SIMH to
allow DECnet to run on the KS. You should contact the
SIMH
mailing list for
status on this.
Regards
Rob