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- From: holzman@sequent.com (Alan Holzman)
- Subject: Re: REPOST: what is PTX 1.4 ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.180325.10484@sequent.com>
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- Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec07.173730.15969@wvus.org> <1992Dec18.213836.16839@wvus.org>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 18:03:25 GMT
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- pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes:
-
- >Hi... we're running five Unisys 6000/70/80's here on PTX 1.3.1. I see
- >a lot of news postings from people running PTX 1.4, and wonder:
- > * whose release is it? Sequent? Unisys? both?
- > * what hardware platforms does it run on?
- >Thanks
-
- I'm not sure why Pete has re-posted this ... here is the answer again.
-
- DYNIX/ptx 1.4 is a Sequent-only release running on Sequent
- Symmetry 2000 systems. The "PTX 1.3.1" which Pete mentions is a
- Unisys version of DYNIX/ptx 1.3 from Sequent with Unisys drivers added
- to it to support Unisys specific peripherals and comms products. The
- Unisys version of PTX 1.3.1 also has support for a few of the new
- peripherals which Sequent added in DYNIX/ptx 1.4 (FDDI & 3480 tape devices).
-
- The most current version of DYNIX/ptx is 2.0 which has been
- shipping for the last 3 weeks with new features beyond what is available
- in either PTX 1.3.1 or DYNIX/ptx 1.4. DYNIX/ptx 2.0 is only available
- from Sequent for Sequent Symmetry systems ...
-
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