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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!Munich.Germany.EU.net!thoth.mch.sni.de!luxor.mch.sni.de!nervmuc!mrpdhohm From: mrpdhohm@nervmuc.mch.sni.de (Ulrich Hohmann) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Announcing the release of NetBSD 1.0 Date: 9 Nov 1994 19:58:43 GMT Organization: Siemens Nixdorf AG Lines: 120 Message-ID: <39r9lj$p49@luxor.mch.sni.de> References: <39oi3g$af3@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nervmuc.mch.sni.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Chris G. Demetriou (cgd@agate.berkeley.edu) wrote: : I am pleased to announce the availability of release 1.0 of the NetBSD : operating system, a freely available and redistributable BSD system : that runs on a variety of hardware platforms. NetBSD 1.0 is based on : 4.4BSD Lite and Berkeley Networking Release 2 sources. It includes : support for shared libraries on most architectures, the enhanced : Berkeley Fast File System (which supports 64-bit file sizes and : clustering), rock-solid networking code, and a fair amount of binary : compatibility with other operating systems. A list of significant : changes since the last release is present in the "CHANGES" file in the : distribution. The list is far too long to include here. : Release 1.0 of the NetBSD operating system is distributed with complete : source code and is available from the distribution sites listed : at the bottom of this message. At this time, binary releases for the : following architectures are available: : Amigas : i386-family PCs : some m68k-based Macintoshes : PC532 : SPARCstation (sun4c) -class machines : In addition, a binary release is expected, but not yet ready, for the : HP9000/300 family of workstations. Though the NetBSD 1.0 source tree : includes support for DECstations, some Sun 3 models, and some VAXen, : those ports are not far enough along to merit a complete binary : distribution. : Within the next few days, installation and release notes for each of : the ports mentioned above will be posted to the appropriate mailing : lists and/or newsgroups for those ports. If those notes don't answer : any questions you might have about NetBSD, you should probably : subscribe to one of more of the NetBSD mailing lists, and ask there. : For information on what lists are available and how to subscribe, : mail majordomo@NetBSD.ORG with an empty message body. : Enjoy! : Chris Demetriou : The NetBSD Project : ============================================================================ : NetBSD Mirror Site List : The following sites mirror the NetBSD 1.0. Those marked with "[*]" : are also known to mirror NetBSD-current. : Host name Services Provided : ---- ---- -------- -------- : ftp.iastate.edu Anonymous FTP, AFS [*] : Anon-FTP path: pub/netbsd/NetBSD-1.0 : AFS path: /afs/iastate.edu/public/ftp/pub/netbsd/NetBSD-1.0 : ftp.eecs.umich.edu Anonymous FTP [*] : Anon-FTP path: BSD/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : gatekeeper.dec.com Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/BSD/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de Anonymous FTP, SUP [*] : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : SUP: get the file pub/misc/sup/supfile.example via : anonymous FTP, and read it as an example. : NetBSD.rmit.edu.au Anonymous FTP, SUP [*] : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : SUP: get the file /README.sup via anonymous FTP, and : read it for information. : ftp.demon.co.uk Anonymous FTP, possibly SUP [*] : Anon-FTP path: pub/BSD/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : SUP: contact peter@demon.net for SUP server status/information : ftp.ibp.fr Anonymous FTP [*] : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD : ftp.uni-regensburg.de Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : ftp.unit.no Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : ftp.stacken.kth.se Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/OS/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : flick.lerc.nasa.gov Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : coombs.anu.edu.au Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : ftp.funet.fi Anonymous FTP : Anon-FTP path: pub/unix/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : col.hp.com Anonymous FTP [*] : Anon-FTP path: mirrors/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : ftp.netbsd.org Anonymous FTP, SUP [*] : Anon-FTP path: pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.0 : SUP: get the file pub/sup/README.sup via anonymous FTP from : ftp.netbsd.org, and read it for instructions. : If you wish to become a distribution site for NetBSD, contact Chris : Demetriou <cgd@NetBSD.ORG>.