Re: Yet Another "where does it fit" question - TUHS

16 Jun 2000

Tim Shoppa &lt;SHOPPA(a)trailing-edge.com&gt; wrote:

...
  * A 4.3BSD-Reno VAX tape dated "1/2/91".  I
suppose I have to get down
   on my hands and knees and see how this differs from the version dated
   "30 Jul 90" currently in Distributions/4bsd/4.3BSD-Reno.  This has
   the original UCB stickers on it. 
Yes.

...
  * A set of tar files on a tape claiming to be the
"4.4BSD snapshot
   4/1/92".  Is PUPS/TUHS collecting anything anything this late?  Is
   something like this already in Kirk's archive? 
Kirk, you'll have to fill me in on this one. Is this the "4.4BSD-Alpha"
I've
seen mentioned in some places? In any case this is not on Kirk's CD-ROMs and
I'll include it in my 4BSD collection.

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 > * A set of tar files on a tape claiming to be the
"4.4BSD snapshot
>   4/1/92".  Is PUPS/TUHS collecting anything anything this late?  Is
>   something like this already in Kirk's archive? 
...
 Kirk, you'll have to fill me in on this one. Is
this the "4.4BSD-Alpha" I've
seen mentioned in some places? In any case this is not on Kirk's CD-ROMs and
I'll include it in my 4BSD collection. 
I found a separate tape, labeled "August 23, 1992", with a matching cover
letter (signed by Kirk McKusick) saying "This is a distribution tape
for the 4.4BSD-Alpha release ... The binaries and kernel on the
tape support the HP 9000/300 68000-based workstations...".  Is this
the holy grail?

I would guess the "4.4BSD snapshot 4/1/92" is pre-release.

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