DEC distribution tapes - VAX vs RISC

From: Mzthompson_at_aol.com <(Mzthompson_at_aol.com)>
Date: Tue Mar 12 13:33:10 2002

Previously, I wrote:

> > 2) Ultrix-32 V2.2-1 Supp TK50 1988

> > With this tape marked 'SUPP' I suspect that I only
> > have the one tape of a multi-tape set.

And then "DOUG PEKSA - COMPG" <PeksaDO_at_Cardiff.ac.uk> wrote (amidst all
the HTML flotsam):

> IIRC there were only two tapes in the set - SUPP and UNSUPP.
> SUPP (which you have) is the only one you require to get going.

Great! Hey Chris, you hear that?

> > What are you considering new? I am looking at the Ultrix 4.x Basic
> > Installation guide dated 1990 and it lists over a dozen uVAX's,
> > VAXservers, and VAXstations.

> I have seen an:

> ULTRIX AND UWS V4.3 SUPP/UNSUPP (VAX) CD from September 1992
> and note that a VAX CD-ROM for Ultrix is mentioned in ULTRIX V4.4
> documenmtation. So it looks like VAX was supported by ULTRIX until
> ULTRIX expired (can't remember - was there an ULTRIX V4.5)

Yes, there was an Ultrix 4.5 and it was the last version. I don't know the
date on 4.5, but the date on 4.4 is May 1995.

Thanks Doug.

Mike
Received on Tue Mar 12 2002 - 13:33:10 GMT

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