DEC distribution tapes - VAX vs RISC

From: DOUG PEKSA - COMPG <PeksaDO_at_Cardiff.ac.uk>
Date: Tue Mar 12 11:17:18 2002

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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; 2) Ultrix-32 V2.2-1
Supp TK50 1988</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; With this tape marked
'SUPP' I suspect that I</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; only have the one
tape of a multi-tape set.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">IIRC there were only
two tapes in the set - SUPP</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">and UNSUPP. SUPP (which
you have) is the only one</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">you require to get going.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; What are you considering
new? &nbsp;I am looking at</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; the Ultrix 4.x Basic
Installation guide dated</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; 1990 and it lists
over a dozen uVAX's,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">&gt; VAXservers, and
VAXstations.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">I have seen an:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">ULTRIX AND UWS V4.3 SUPP/UNSUPP
(VAX) </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">CD from September 1992
and note that a VAX</span></font></div>
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mentioned in ULTRIX V4.4</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">documenmtation. So it
looks like VAX was</span></font></div>
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ULTRIX expired (can't</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">remember - was there
an ULTRIX V4.5)</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">Doug.</span></font></div>
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