>On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 05:51:17PM +0200, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote:
>> Hi!
>> [..]
>> > Should I rescue this machine? What OS do I need to acquire for it?
>> Sure!!! I don't know if 4.2BSD or 4.3BSD run on a PDP11/73, but in fact
>> RT-11 does. It is now Freeware.
>> Ciao,
>> Freddy
>
>Since when is/was RT-11 freeware?
It isn't, but Mentec will soon (I hope) have a hobbyist licensing program for
RT-11, RSX-11M, RSX-11M+, and RSTS/E. Watch the "Hobbyist licensing"
link on their "PDP-11"/"legacy systems" webpage at
http://www.mentec.com/
> One of the hardest things about collecting
>PDP-11s is getting OS licenses for anything but the older versions of
>UNIX...
2.11BSD is the newest version and getting a hobbyist license for it is
now easier than ever. See
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/
for the SCO license deal (now free).
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