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

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp890.monmouth.com>
Date: Fri Jul 6 11:26:55 2001

> 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
>
>

The Venix distribution was up on the DECUS site so you can get it
free... I'd have killed for the source code.

I've got it archived on QIC-24 or QIC-150 somewhere.

I also think Tim Shoppa had it up on his site.

Bill
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