[Simh] Unix V7; AOS; VMS SOB - AOS in particular

[Bruce Ray]

G'day Steve -

...Nor am I willing to give up on access to the 16-bit DG software either.
My intent was to let people know that there has been a concerted effort over
the past few years to try to "liberate" the software from the clutches of
corporate indifference.  And efforts will be intensified through the end of
this year due to various Wild Hare business interests as well as legacy
preservation interests.


Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: "Merrony, Stephen (London)" <stephen_merrony at ml.com>
To: "Bob Supnik" <bob at supnik.org>; <simh at trailing-edge.com>; "Bruce Ray"
<bkr at wildharecomputers.com>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Simh] Unix V7; AOS; VMS SOB - AOS in particular


> Bob/Bruce,
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> I'm disinclined to just give up on this AOS licence issue.  Is there
> anything at all that I can do that might make some headway with EMC/DG
> regarding the 16-bit software at least?  I can understand that the
> 32-bit stuff may be an issue as it appears that a few companies still
> make money out of supporting it (on the other hand, freeing up the
> software might actually help those companies...), but surely there can
> be no commercial value left in the 16-bit software?
>
> Unless of course those Clariion things are actually running AOS under
> the covers!!
>
> Regards,
>         Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com
> [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Bob Supnik
> Sent: 14 August 2004 21:35
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: [Simh] Unix V7; AOS; VMS SOB
>
>
> 1. UNIX V7 multiple terminals
>
> The DH11 and DHQ11 have nothing in common except four characters in
> their
> names.  The DHQ11 is from a later generation of terminal mux's that
> includes the DHU11 and DHV11.
>
> A DH11 should be straightforward enough, given the available examples.
>
> 2. AOS
>
> AOS (16b) will run on the Eclipse simulator; but as Bruce indicated, the
>
> licensing issues appear intractible.  The RDOS license was obtained
> through
> the good offices of the late Don Lewine.
>
> I don't have documentation for the 32b Eclipse series, so I don't know
> how
> complex an MV8000 would be to do.
>
> 3. VMS Standalone Backup
>
> One possibility is that SOB is expecting the second controller to have
> its
> units numbered from 0-3 rather than 4-7.  I've received a patch that
> will
> allow the VAX secondary controllers to be DUB0-3, DUC0-3, and DUD0-3,
> rather than 4-7, 8-11, and 12-15 respectively (a PDP-11 restriction that
> is
> unnecessarily carried over to the VAX).
>
> /Bob Supnik
>
>
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