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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Latest info about 386bsd? Date: 28 Jul 1993 19:32:35 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 64 Message-ID: <236k8j$t7p@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <kjb.743824718@manda.cgl.citri.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: pdq.coe.montana.edu Keywords: 386bsd info help In article <kjb.743824718@manda.cgl.citri.edu.au>, Kendall Bennett <kjb@cgl.citri.edu.au> wrote: >I have been on vacation for 4 1/2 months (sorely needed too I might add :-) >and will be home in about a week (after SIGGRAPH). I have been following the >saga of 386bsd closely since it's inception, but have not read news >for 4 motnhs, so I was wondering if some knowledgeable soul could answer >a few simple questions about the recent developments that have occurred since >I have been away. > > 1. What is the latest _official_ version of 386bsd? Officially, it's the original 0.1 disks. All the answers below don't necessarily apply, since I'm not sure most or any of them hold true given that you want the original 0.1. However, if you get something newer, (latest patchkit ((unofficial))), NetBSD, FreeBSD, then the answers are: > 3. What's the X server like for 386bsd? I have an Actix GE 32 plus, which > I believe should work well? Should work fine, Nate has one of these, and it hauls butt. > 4. Has any work been done on the Standard C Library (ie:, the BSD one)? What specifically? New and updated stuff is going in the patched versions of 386bsd all the time. The original version is still just sitting there stagnating. > 5. I just got a new 14400 baud modem. How well does X runs over SLIP with > 386bsd? OK. > 6. I also have a Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo 250 tape drive (QIC80 format). > Does this work with 386bsd? If not, what would I have to do to get it to > work? Write a QIC-80 driver. Supposedly there's this nutcase running around that claims he will write one, but don't believe everything you read from him, so far, a lot of talk, no code. > 7. What is NetBSD 0.8? A bunch of guys that decided 386bsd wasn't going anywhere, and bugged out and made a new batch of stuff. Lots of fixes, enhancements, much better install program, stuff like that. Plus it's being ported to other architectures. > 8. When will the all singing all dancing version 1.0 be out? Only God and WFJ know. Frankly, I think even God's at a bit of a loss, so only WFJ knows. > >Well, I guess that is about it. Please email responses, since most people >will already know this stuff. Seemed like generic enough questions, I figured I'd post it anyway... -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu