Old AT&T UNIX computer

Brian Densmore DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Tue Mar 9 16:30:43 CST 2004


> -----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




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