Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA10305 for pups-liszt; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 07:14:15 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au: major set sender to owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au using -f Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-30.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA10300 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 07:14:08 +1000 (EST) Received: from (falstaf.demon.co.uk) [158.152.152.109] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0yPvyp-0000Ph-00; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:14:00 +0100 Message-ID: <5kppZIANRnN1EwQW@falstaf.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:12:45 +0100 To: Jorgen Pehrson Cc: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au From: Robin Birch Subject: Re: Strategy for inst. UNIX on my PDP11? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 3.05 Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au Precedence: bulk In message , Jorgen Pehrson writes >Hi, >What's the best way of installing UNIX on my PDP11/83? >What I have: >PDP11/83, RD52, a QIC tape streamer doing some sort of TS11 emulation. > >A MicroVAX II with a TK50 streamer and NetBSD installed. DEQNA ethernet. >And I have a spare DEQNA laying about. > >What I was thinking of doing is writing the distribution to TK50 on the >MVII, move the TK50 streamer to the PDP and go from there. > Yes, this will be the simplest way >Is the RD52 big enough to contain a complete system? > no, an RD54 is probably the best to aim for if you can get your hands on one. >What UNIX versions will work on my PDP? I was thinking of installing >2.11BSD. That will do fine > > >Thanks for any input! > >-- >Jorgen Pehrson HP 9000/380 (NetBSD/hp300 1.3) >jp@spektr.ludvika.se DECstation 5000/200 (NetBSD/pmax 1.3) >PDP11/83 - Intergraph InterAct - VAXstation 2000 (VMS 5.5-2) > Cheers Robin Robin Birch robin@falstaf.demon.co.uk M1ASU/2E0ARJ Old computers and radios always welcome