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- From: rar@multix.no (Rolf A. Rennemo)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r3
- Subject: Re: INTERACTIVE UNIX System is alive!
- Message-ID: <1hmee4INNmv9@multix.multix.no>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 08:38:28 GMT
- References: <8985@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> <1992Dec24.235754.19680@tous.oau.org>
- Organization: Multix AS, Oslo, Norway
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- rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate) writes:
-
- >In article <8985@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> yadegari@edison.seas.ucla.edu (Shidokht Yadegari) writes:
- >>
- >>For months now, I have been hearing stories about SunSoft and the
- >>INTERACTIVE UNIX System. It seemed that as soon as Solaris would be
- >>available for the Intel platform Sunsoft was going to get rid of
- >>the product they acquired from ISC. It does not look that way. I just
- >>got a box, labeled Preview Kit and in it are two diskettes and some
- >>documentation. The documentation explains that there will be a brand
- >>new release of the product in the spring of 1993, called 4.0,
- >>but that they did not want customers to wait until then for
- >>certain features and that is why they came out with these 2 diskettes.
- >>This package cost me $75.
- > I assume that you ordered this 'box' from them;
- > What did you order?
- > How did you know to order?
- > What should I ask for?
- >--
- > rbt@tous.OAU.ORG (Robert B. Tate) | A little knowledge is a dangerous
- > {ucf-cs,peora,tarpit}!tous!rbt | thing. Any less can kill you.
-
- Guess you could try you dealer/distributor or SunSoft teleservices.
-
- To order you ask for the following:
-
- Maintenance Update #1 for 3.0.1:
- MNTU-100-FP5 ( 5 1/4" diskettes)
- MNTU-100-FP3 ( 3 1/2" diskettes)
-
- Version 4.0 Preview Kit for 3.0.1:
- IUPK-400-FP5 ( 5 1/4" diskettes)
- IUPK-400-FP3 ( 3 1/2" diskettes)
-
- Skip the rest if you don't want to read the description of these packages.
-
-
- Maintenance Update (#1) for Version 3.0.1 of the INTERACTIVE
- UNIX Operating System
- ============================================================
-
- This first Maintenance Update from SunSoft for
- INTERACTIVE UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2, Version 3.0.1 is a
- new way of updating the quality of the software and keeping
- it in sync with new available hardware. It contains a
- number of bug fixes, updates the Korn shell, and
- incorporates additional hardware support. We currently
- plan to issue new Maintenance Updates every 3 months.
-
- This Update supports reading a 1.44 Mb diskette on a system
- configured with a 2.88 Mb diskette drive. A separate Boot
- diskette is supplied for this purpose. Note that the
- system will not accept 2.88 Mb diskettes, but only 1.44 Mb and
- 720 KB diskettes in 2.88 Mb drives.
-
- The Update wil upgrade the Korn shell supplied with the
- INTERACTIVE UNIX System to Version 88G. This is the known
- latest V.3.2 compatible version.
-
- The following bugfixes are part of the Maintenance Update:
-
- -The sysadm system has been updated to properly work on ASCII
- terminals
-
- -Corrected versions of df and dfstat to work with automounter
-
- -Support has been added to mix IDA and non-IDA controllers
-
- -Support has been added for more BusLogic Fast Cache
- controllers
-
- -A new syslogd program for INTERACTIVE TCP/IP
-
- -A new lockd program for INTERACTIVE NFS
-
- -SVPMI files have been added to support Compaq portable and
- Cirrus CL-GD1542X VGA with INTERACTIVE X11
-
- -Fixes for the OSF/Motif memory leak problem
-
- -Updated 3COM 3C507, Western Digital and LLC drivers
-
- -A number of miscellaneous minor bugfixes
-
- Product Description
- -------------------
-
- The Maintenance Update product consists of one license envelope
- containing Release Notes and one 5 1/4" or two 3 1/2" diskettes
-
- Availability/Partnumbers
- ------------------------
-
- The Maintenance Update will have a dual function:
-
- - It will be added to every product that contains an Operating
- System
- - It will be made available to existing customers through the
- Support channel.
-
- New Product
- -----------
-
- The Maintenance Update product will be added to the following
- products :
-
- Operating System
- Application Platform
- Network Platform
- Workstation Platform
- Workstation Developer
- Operating System Update (2.2 to 3.0.1)
- Workstation Platform Update (2.2 to 3.0.1)
- Platform Update (3.0 to 3.0.1)
-
-
- Separate Maintenance Update
- ===========================
-
- The partnumbers for the separate update are:
-
- MNTU-100-FP5
- and
- MNTU-100-FP3
-
- This product will be shipped/treated like all other
- bugfixdiskettes are today.
-
- ============================================================
-
-
- INTERACTIVE UNIX System Version 4.0 Preview Kit
- ===============================================
-
- INTERACTIVE UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2, Version 4.0 is
- a full-featured, new version of the product scheduled for
- the spring of 1993.
-
- Because of customer demand, however, key functionality is
- being made available via the Preview Kit.
-
- Although called Preview Kit, the software has been fully
- tested and is supported by SunSoft. It is installable on top of
- and is only to be used with Version 3.0.1 of the INTERACTIVE
- UNIX Operating System.
-
- Features that are part of the Preview Kit
- -----------------------------------------
-
- The following features are part of the Preview Kit:
-
- - New device drivers
-
- The Preview Kit contains a new device driver for an IBM MCA
- Token Ring card.
-
- - itimer driver
-
- When installed, this driver gives the system the
- capability to send signals at intervals of several
- milliseconds, as on BSD systems, rather than full seconds as is
- the case on UNIX System V Release 3.2.
-
- - Long file name support and symbolic links
-
- This modified version of the S5 file system allows for the
- creation of files with names that can be as long as 512
- characters, instead of 14. Symbolic links are also
- supported, which makes it possible to assign different path
- names to a single file, even across file systems. Where
- necessary, certain UNIX System utilities have been modified to
- support these features properly. The addition of these
- features also leads to improved interoperability with Solaris
- systems and many other operating systems which already support
- these features.
-
- - Support for more than 16 MB on ISA machines
-
- Personal computers with the AT Bus architecture (usually
- referred to as ISA machines) have a DMA controller that
- supports 24-bit addressing. This translates into being able
- to only address 16Mb of memory. Many of these machines today
- are capable of supporting more than 16Mb of memory (often up to
- 32Mb or more). A major software enhancement was made to be
- able to support ISA machines with up to 256Mb of memory. It is
- recommended that this software be installed only on ISA
- machines that indeed have more than 16Mb of memory.
-
- Product Description
- -------------------
-
- The Preview Kit consists of a single box that contains two
- diskettes and a booklet that includes Release Notes and
- modified manpages of the commands that have been
- modified to support Long File Names and Symbolic Links.
- The software consists of several subsets that can be
- installed on Version 3.0.1 of the INTERACTIVE UNIX Operating
- System.
-
- Availability/Partnumbers/Pricing
- --------------------------------
-
- The Preview Kit will be available as of December 17, 1992.
-
- Partnumbers are:
-
- - IUPK-400-FP5 ( 5 1/4" diskettes)
- - IUPK-400-FP3 ( 3 1/2" diskettes)
-
- ============================================================
- --
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- Rolf A. Rennemo ! Tel. +47 2 950800, Fax. +47 2 950790
- rar@multix.no ! Multix AS, Gjerdrumsvei 12, 0486 Oslo, Norway
-