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Subject: Re: ?wuarchive 4.3bsd-reno code for VAX
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From: don@zl2tnm.gen.nz (Don Stokes)
Date: 12 Aug 93 13:36:21 GMT
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mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) writes:
> While skipping around wuarchive I decided to take some twists and turns
> I hadn't made before and noticed the complete source tree for 4.3bsd-reno.
> Now, I cd'd deep inside and noted the support for the VAX architecture
> (KA630, KA650, KA820, and KA860).  Does the VAX code still work?  Can I
> build a working 4.3bsd-reno system for my MicroVAX II or III (a II
> is being upgraded with a KA650 shortly)?  If so, how do I go about
> pulling off this big source tree and building it?  Can it be done under
> ULTRIX 4.3?

We had 4.3 Reno going on uVAX IIs here (ie VUW).  There are a few tricks
to getting it going.  Unfortunately, the unix bigot (8-) involved has
left, and we don't have a lot of use for these systems; one died (mutter
mutter RA81s mutter mutter) and the other never had enough disk to be
useful....

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