--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> VENIX is a UNIX varient.
And it fits on an RD51 (10MB)!
> Personally, of all the OS's available I'd recommend RT-11.
Me, too.
> My Pro380 was originally a VAX console (they were used on
> the 8000 somethings).
Mine, too... My Pro380 came from a VAX 8530 that we bought for one
project/customer, we fixed the bug (NMI crashes when a BI STOP was
issued in the driver), then the customer decided on a different
product (we swapped out the hardware, but did not give them a refund
on the different to help ease the pain of buying a VAX just to service
them). When we closed, the 8530 didn't make the move, but I took
the console home.
> It's still got the software for that on the hard drive. I'm not sure
> what exactly it is, other than I don't think it's P/OS,
It's P/OS, a Pro-ish RSX-11.
> and it's most definitly not RT-11 or a UNIX varient.
That's true.
> I think it's also possible to run a version of 2.xBSD (2.9 IIRC) on the
> Pro's.
It is now. You can't use an ancient distro - it doesn't support MSCP
controllers (like the ST506 controller in the Pro) - the patch is
quite modern. I have not yet tried putting 2.9BSD on a Pro350. If
I were going to put UNIX on the Pro380, I'd go with 2.11 since the CPU
in it (KDJ11) supports split I&D space and greater than 64KB of process
space.
-ethan
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