From: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
Message-Id: <199812161520.KAA28340@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Ancient SunOS 1.1 tapes --- how to restore?
In-Reply-To: <199812160525.AAA19173@zach1.tiac.net> from "James E. Carpenter" at "Dec 16, 98 00:25:32 am"
To: jimc@zach1.tiac.net (James E. Carpenter)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:20:18 -0500 (EST)
Cc: kahn@tholian.net, pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
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> > All I recall about pre 4.0 was that we were using SunOS 3.5 in '88. I'd
> > like to think 3.2 came out in '85 or '86--but memory isn't what it used
> > to be...
> 
> I just took a quick look at my SunOS 3.2 tapes. The copyright file says:
> 
>    Copyright (c) 1986 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> 
> Most of the files seem to be dated September 1986. Many others are dated 
> July 1986. 

Speaking of old SunOS tapes..... I have a friend that dug out a pair
of SunOS 1.1 tapes that he has had for years.  Alas, they are unreadable.
Is there any way to rewrite those tapes from anyones archival materials?
Sun has graciously allowed pre-sparc materials to be available on-line
in the German Sun3 archives.  All they have seems to be SunOS-4.1.1,
though.  I am wondering if there is any interest in some of the early
Sun tapes?  Are the 1.1 tapes basically a 4.2BSD port?  Are they in
QIC-11 or QIC-24 format?

Thanks

Bob Keys