Ultrix installation media

From: Paul Kearns <paulk_at_microsoft.com>
Date: Sat Oct 17 11:22:06 1998

I've got Ultrix RISC 4.4 and two out of the three product library disks on
CDROM. They're what I used to install my DS5000's. I'm not sure if 4.4
will run on a 3100 or not, but I'd be glad to copy these for you if you
like.

Paul Kearns
paulk_at_microsoft.com

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> From: sethm_at_loomcom.com[SMTP:sethm_at_loomcom.com]
> Reply To: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 4:45 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Ultrix installation media
>
>
> I just picked up a pair of DECstation 3100's. Both of them are in
> perfect working order, apart from their drives being quite severely
> dead (they won't spin up, though they give it the old college try).
>
> Supposedly (and quite believably), the most recent version of
> NetBSD/pmax is quite a bit nicer and better performing than Ultrix
> ever was, but for historical and nostalgic reasons, I was really
> hoping to be able to run Ultrix 4.2a on these guys.
>
> Does anyone have Ultrix 4.2a distribution media? Alas, I do not have
> a TK50 drive; I know that was the usual distribution method, but I'm
> hoping it was also available on CDROM. For some horribly sick reason
> I miss Ultrix, and it would be nice to play with again.
>
> -Seth
> --
> "The crux of the biscuit Seth J. Morabito
> is the apostrophe." - Frank Zappa sethm_at_loomcom.com
>
Received on Sat Oct 17 1998 - 11:22:06 BST