From: Joe Smith (jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM) Subject: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-11 00:05:36 PST I'm just forwarding this. Note: SVNET is a user's group in Silicon Valley, in Northern California. The meeting in Cupertino is Wednesday night. -Joe >From: Rahul Dhesi >Subject: 386BSD info; copies at SVNet >Date: Mon, 09 Mar 92 13:59:49 -0800 FYI: A version of 386BSD with source now appears to be available for free. Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi ===== begin forwarded message ===== Date: Mon, 9 Mar 92 09:57:24 -0800 From: dkionka@Cadence.COM (Daniel P. Kionka) Message-Id: <9203091757.AA06912@cds985> To: pcunixsig@Cadence.COM Subject: 386BSD info; copies at SVNet Status: R This mail is information about 386BSD, not the usual PC UNIX meeting announcement. It explains how you can get the source or binaries of Berkeley UNIX for the 80386. There will be more information at Wednesday's SVNet meeting. Dan Kionka ----------------------------CUT HERE ------------------------------ ANNOUNCING PUBLIC RELEASE of 386BSD, (the FREE 386 Berkeley UNIX work-alike)! (Notes from various sources, edited by David Harris, 3-7-92) William F. Jolitz, the author of the 386 port of BSD UNIX (now free of AT&T code) has begun releasing "386BSD" to the public. This is the result of the work described in the DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL series on 386 BSD. This version of 386 BSD is release 0.0, and is recommended for skilled experimenters only. You want "kernel experience" for your resume? This is your chance. While the source and binaries are copyrighted by Bill Jolitz, he authorizes redistribution without required charge (donations needed, but voluntary) for this and future releases. This version is said to run on 386/486 SX/DX ISA (AT bus), with traditional hard and floppy controller (IDE, ESDI, MFM types), and common displays (MDA/CGA/VGA/Hercules). Ethernet controllers supported include Western Digital 8003EB, 8003EBT, 8003S, WD8003SBT, 8013EBT and Novell Read the rest of this message... (58 more lines) Message 2 in thread From: Jim Lick (jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu) Subject: Re: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-11 19:19:19 PST Does anyone actually have 386BSD yet? I got the announcement yesterday morning, but no one on the net seems to have it. I wanted to add this into my ftp archives here, so I sent mail to the listed Internet contact. According to finger, he hasn't read his mail since after midnight on Sunday. If anyone knows anything more, please share it. There are eager archive sites and users waiting to get it. Jim Lick Work: University of California| Play: 6657 El Colegio #24 Santa Barbara| Isla Vista, CA 93117-4280 Dept. of Mechanical Engr. |(805) 968-0189 voice/msg 2311 Engr II Building | "Young enough to wonder/Old enough (805) 893-4113 | to wander/Fool enough to think he jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu| knows the way" - Lilac Time Message 3 in thread From: Computer Protocol (cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au) Subject: Re: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-11 23:05:55 PST jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >Does anyone actually have 386BSD yet? I got the announcement yesterday >morning, but no one on the net seems to have it. I wanted to add this >into my ftp archives here, so I sent mail to the listed Internet contact. >According to finger, he hasn't read his mail since after midnight on >Sunday. If anyone knows anything more, please share it. There are >eager archive sites and users waiting to get it. > Jim Lick Same here, I also sent mail but haven't got a response yet. Nobody seems to know. Those who know, please let us know to. Regards -- Tibor Sashegyi Message 4 in thread From: Computer Protocol (cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au) Subject: Re: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-12 06:56:01 PST Ok guys, who has got the stuff ??? Don't let us suffer any further. The rest of the civilized world is waiting. Please help !!!! Regards -- Tibor Sashegyi from down under (OZ) (cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au) Message 5 in thread From: Miikka Samuli Putaala (mputaala@phoenix.oulu.fi) Subject: Re: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-13 20:06:37 PST In article cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol) writes: Path: ousrvr.oulu.fi!news.funet.fi!fuug!mcsun!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!abel!cproto From: cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Date: 12 Mar 92 14:15:35 GMT References: <2763@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager) Organization: Curtin University of Technology Lines: 5 Ok guys, who has got the stuff ??? Don't let us suffer any further. The rest of the civilized world is waiting. Please help !!!! Ok... I've got the diffs (from Net2) in my homedir here but have not installed the stuff on my 486... -- // Miikkamputaala@phoenix.oulu.fiTatunkuja 6 90540 Oulu Putaalamputaala@tolsun.oulu.fiFINLAND Phone: (358) 81 362430 Message 6 in thread From: ajv@roi.csd.mot.com (ajv@roi.csd.mot.com) Subject: Re: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-12 17:23:13 PST jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >... I wanted to add this >into my ftp archives here, so I sent mail to the listed Internet contact. >According to finger, he hasn't read his mail since after midnight on >Sunday. Considering how much E-mail is probably piled up in his mailbox, he's probably cringing in a dark corner, whimpering softly :-). Andy Message 7 in thread From: Ury Segal (ury@mosque.huji.ac.il) Subject: Re: 386BSD announcement Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd View this article only Date: 1992-03-11 23:06:12 PST Well.. Have U noticed WHO came out with the 386BSD ? That may send BSDI to their grave ? Jolitz. He used to work there... And now he is Distributing HIS OWN CODE (He wrote a lot of it). I guess GNU will like him :). I also think it is the right thing to do! most of BSDI came from the free Net-2 tape, and charging 1000$ for it, well, I don't want to say such words in the USENET... -- Ury Segal | _ ______ () _ ury@cs.huji.ac.il | ' ) / /\ // Phone: 02-971187 | / / __ __ , / ) _ _, __. // | (__/ / (_/ (_/_ /__/__ ury@mosque.huji.ac.il (Ury Segal) writes: >... most of BSDI came from the free Net-2 tape, and charging >1000$ for it, well, I don't want to say such words in the USENET... Gee, then why don't you just run Net-2? The contents of the Net-2 tape are *not* a complete working system, much less one with a full set of low-level hardware support for the 386 (an obnoxious and uncooperative machine). BSDI put a lot of work into making a working system out of it. Why are you so upset that they want to be compensated for that? The fact is, if you want a supported turnkey system, you're going to have to pay money for it. Supporting a major widely-distributed system is a *lot of work*. If you doubt this, try doing it some time. Speaking as the "front man" for C News support -- if you report a C News problem or ask for help with it, the response will probably be from me -- I would be a lot happier about it if I got paid for it. It's more or less tolerable because C News is a relatively modest package (a couple of orders of magnitude smaller than a complete operating system) and the people installing it mostly are moderately knowledgeable. -- GCC 2.0 is to C as SVR4 is to Unix. | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology -Dick Dunn | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry