UNIX for the VAXstation or AlphaStation

Mon Mar 2 02:33:54 CST 2009

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:54:59 -0500
John Floren <slawmaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I've got both a VAXstation 4000-60 and an AlphaStation 250
Ultrix does not support the VS4k60. Your choice is NetBSD or OpenBSD.
At least NetBSD should run fine on the Alpha. But I recommend to have a
look at Tru64. I used it for two years as my main desktop OS. Tru64 has
a nice BSD flavor...

> -NetBSD
At the moment you want NetBSD-current on the VAX. There have benn some
substantial bugfixes to NetBSD/VAX during the last weeks. I am not sure
if they will go into the soon to be released NetBSD 5.0. Look for the
latest binary snapshoot at:
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/

> -Probably some DEC/HP UNIXes (Tru64 on the Alpha?).
If you go Tru64 make sure you get as much RAM as you can...
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tschüß,
       Jochen

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