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by Clem Cole

below... On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 4:37 PM Will Senn <will.senn(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So, it looks like someone has gone and started running a multics instance: > > http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/semibug/2018-August/000288.html > > That’s interesting, and y’all may even have been aware of it. But, I was > thinking that Multics was a failed predecessor of unix and it’s craziness > an inspiration for how unix isn’t multics... straighten me out :) > > https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Unix-succeed-and-not-Multics/answer/Clem-Cole ᐧ ᐧ

6 years, 10 months

gopher://ftp.icm.edu.pl/1/vol/rzm2/

by Marcus Merighi

Hello, against my plan to stay under my rock and learn from your messages I now have to speak up, because I stumbled over this: https://bsd.network/@sehnsucht/100635118831337239 which speaks of gopher://ftp.icm.edu.pl/1/vol/rzm2/ (after some puzzled searching for a client I found out that lynx still supports gopher) This site has the following list in its root directory: 4.4BSD-Lite FreeBSD LSI NetBSD OpenBSD UnixArchive ancient-unix desktopbsd dragonflybsd ghostbsd kde kde-applicationdata kś linux-alsa linux-archlinux linux-atm linux-bipv6 linux-blackarch linux-bluehawk linux-cbq.init linux-cryptoapi linux-documentation linux-dret linux-e2compr linux-fido linux-gentoo linux-gentoo-portage linux-inner linux-iproute linux-linos linux-net-tools linux-norlug linux-nvidia linux-nvidia.old linux-nvidia.old2 linux-openvz linux-packware linux-pcmcia linux-radvd linux-raspbian linux-reiserfs linux-rtlinux linux-sgi linux-silo linux-slackware linux-sparc linux-superrescue linux-tsx-11 linux-uk linux-usagi linux-uw-linux linux-vectorlinux linuxberg nexenta openindiana opensolaris pcbsd solaris-10 solaris-cd-fsn solaris-cd-pm solaris_i86pc solaris_sparc sun-fixes sun-patches www.tazenda.demon.co.uk I descended into the OpenBSD directory, where things look quite authentic, at a first glance. Please keep the stories coming, Marcus

6 years, 10 months

Re: [TUHS] SunOS code?

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Clem Cole > The problem is finding some at Oracle that would care Well, I've got a nephew who's been at Oracle for like 20+ years; he can probably point us at the right person. > and finding a proper distribution tape to officially release. Why do we need that? Can't they say 'any and all versions of SunOS', and that term ('SunOS') is sufficiently well defined in real-world documents (e.g. Sun licenses) that that should be 'good enough'. It sounds like the _actual code_ is reasonably available, we wouldn't need Oracle to go looking around for it, would we? Noel

6 years, 10 months

Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

by Gilles Gravier

Hi! If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other emu?)... anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any are legitimately accessible)? Or on a Raspberry Pi? :) Thanks! Gilles -- *Gilles Gravier* - Gilles(a)Gravier.org GSM : +33618347147 and +41794728437 Skype : ggravier | PGP Key : 0x8DE6D026 <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x8DE6D026&op=index>

6 years, 10 months

hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu

by Steve Mynott

Back in the early 90s before the FSF withdrew the service due to misuse it was possible to write off to them to get a free shell account on "hal" as I did. I recall having to telnet through one of three gateway systems so assume it was on its own little subnet. But I can't remember what sort of system (hardware or OS) it was now however and wondered if anyone else did? -- Steve Mynott <steve.mynott(a)gmail.com> cv25519/ECF8B611205B447E091246AF959E3D6197190DD5

6 years, 10 months

Re: [TUHS] changes in C compilers

by Norman Wilson

Clem Cole: Clearly from the time, ditroff did not yet exist. The more I think about it, Brian K actually might know some of the story. === I'm quite sure Brian Kernighan knows the full story of the origins of typesetter-independent troff (as it was originally called, in CSTR 97, published in 1981; the binary was just /usr/bin/troff). The reason I'm so sure of that is that it was Brian who rewrote troff to bring it into the modern era and to make it supportable. He's also the author of the CSTR. Norman Wilson Toronto ON

6 years, 10 months

Re: [TUHS] SunOS code?

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Larry McVoy > I'd really like the SCCS history. Any idea if that even still exists, or did it get shredded somewhere along the way? Anyway, should I spin up my nephew on trying to find the right person to put out a historic, personal-use license? Noel

6 years, 10 months

Fwd: Re: RetroNet…

by William Pechter

Missed the cc line. Also I have mailman up @ lakewoodmicro.com at Digital Ocean. If we need mailing lists. -----Original Message----- From: William Pechter <pechter(a)gmail.com> To: Grant Taylor <gtaylor(a)tnetconsulting.net> Sent: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:46 Subject: Re: [TUHS] RetroNet… Damn. Television was autocorrect but I wrote "Telebit" at the time. Perhaps setting up a mumble server for voice chat makes sense. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org> To: tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org Sent: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:42 Subject: Re: [TUHS] RetroNet… On 08/29/2018 12:26 PM, William Pechter wrote: > Count me in. Cool! Welcome! We're currently hanging out in the #retronet group on the Synchronet network (I'm accessing through irc.chivanet.org) > I think a UUCP over ssh would be nice as would an SSL version. I've personally done UUCP over SSH multiple times. It looks like TCP port 540 is reserved for UUCP over TCP and TCP port 4031 is reserved for UUCP over SSL. So, we'll definitely be offering those services inside of RetroNet. Currently the idea is to make services available inside of RetroNet. I don't know how many services will be openly available across the Internet. Primarily for security / safety reasons. That being said, I think we are planing on a gateway for things. We're certainly willing to talk about other options too. > I would like to see UUCP over ether as serial for backwards compatibility > to talk to old machines and emulation. I / we would like to know more about the "over ether as serial" part. I'd think the goal would be to have RS-232 (et al) serial ports that can connect to retro computers and make things look like what they would expect to see. That being said, we will either need an RS-232 (et al) serial port on a gateway, or something else to translate from serial to likely an IP~>telnet connection. If you have ideas, please bring them and share them. > Some of the kid's I know would be blown away by Cnews and television or > transported over Internet or PPP links. Yep. :-) -- Grant. . . . unix || die

6 years, 10 months

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Noel Chiappa > I'll update the page as well. I have to do it since, after severe issues with spam, a login is required to make changes. If anyone is interested in adding content (please, we need more in just about every area - I've done a lot of PDP-11's, but that's a fairly small corner overall :-), please drop me a short line, and I'll set you up (just let me know the account name you want, and what email address to associate with it). > From: William Pechter > Just a plug for the 4.3+University of Wisconsin version on Simh. I don't think I see that in the TUHS repository that Clem just pointed to? Got a URL? Any chance I can convince you to add a bit of content about it? :-) Noel

6 years, 10 months

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Rares Aioanei > gunkies.org works. The URL for getting the sets doesn't Ah, OK. Link-rot; sigh. The bane of the Web! If someone can provide a working alternative for you to use, I'll update the page as well. Noel

6 years, 10 months

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