> -----Original Message----- > From: Brig C. McCoy > At 03:17 AM 3/9/2004, someone wrote: > >I've been offered an original AT&T UNIX computer (about ten years old) along > >with the original UNIX OS installation floppies (about 100 5-1/4" floppies). > > 32MB RAM, 300MB SCSI hard drive, and a backplane that goes on forever. > > > >Has anyone worked with a machine like this one? Can it accept operating > >systems other than System V UNIX (such as Linux)? > As to other operating systems, because they frequently used AT&T's own > cpus, porting an OS would be a major pain... although this Not to mention it probably violates SCOG's IP, by removing sysV header files and ABI and installing evil infringing Linux. ;') Brian