[pups] adding MSCP driver to 2.9BSD -- distribution is corrupt!

From: Jonathan Engdahl <engdahl_at_cle.ab.com>
Date: Fri Jul 6 11:14:46 2001

Ken Wellsch just sent me a clean version of the Pro350 patches.

Getting 2.9BSD running on a very small generic KDF11-A machine is what this
is all about. I'll let you know when I get it to boot on real hardware. In
fact, the whole world will know. ;-)

The build I am working on will not run on a Pro. I don't have one to try it
on. I'm extracting only the MSCP-specific software from the Pro patches and
adding it to the regular 2.9 distribution from the PUPS archive.

It appears that the pro350 patches are for a later release of 2.9 than the
vanilla 2.9BSD PUPS distribution. When I compared some of the files other
than the ra driver, there appeared to be a lot more stuff added than would
be justified by the addition of the PRO-specific hardware. When I realized
this, I thought about upgrading, and looked at the 2.9BSD-Patch
distribution, but that looked like a major undertaking, which would require
me to actually understand what I was doing, so I decided not to.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:18 AM
> To: classiccmp
> Subject: Re: [pups] adding MSCP driver to 2.9BSD -- distribution is
> corrupt!
>
>
>
> --- Ken Wellsch <kwellsch_at_tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Yes, I just took a look at the PUPS archive and indeed this file
> > has been damaged.  I'm happy to see the copy I have elsewhere is
> > still okay.
>
> Is the PRO350 distro of 2.9BSD on the 4-CD set of ancient Unices?  I'd
> look at the label myself, but I'm at work and it isn't.
>
> I'm glad this stuff has been preserved... I had a copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy
> of 2.9BSD on 1600BPI magtape that fell on me from a DEC
> Field-Servoid about
> 15 years ago, but the source tape had read errors.  :-(
>
> I even have some Pro hardware sitting in a corner - lots of it hit the
> thrift stores about 6 years ago - you could get a complete system for $10.
> I even had someone come to my house to give one away!  It has VENIX on it
> and works, but he forgot the root password and I never had the time to
> go crack it.  In any case, I'd love to drop a larger disk on it (larger
> than the RD52 that's in there) and spin up some BSD.
>
> When you get this all working, I'd love to hear about it.  I
> don't have any
> Qbus PDP-11s better than a KDF-11, so I'm kinda locked out of 2.11BSD.
>
> -ethan

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