EX/ NCR TOWER

[Lars Hammarstrand]

In article <120 at pyuxv.UUCP> cim2 at pyuxv.UUCP (Robert L. Fair) writes:
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> >By the way, does the Tower have a Unisoft port?
> >	Thanks in advance,
>
>The answer is yes, ( I think )  NCR UNIX release 1 was indeed
>UNISOFT based, and had a number of funnies like the ex problem
>above.
>
>To fix these problems ( & others...) NCR did their own 
>in-house port for their UNIX Release 2 (Out Spring 1985) 
>

It was the worst thing they ever could do, because they did get a hole bunch of
new problems.

>Its based on the AT&T System-V VAX tape with lots 
>of Berserkely goodies, plus things like ***full*** power fail
>recovery, file locking,  and a really neat distributed 
>kernel. In fact its one of the nicest UNIX implementations I've
>ever used, especially with the hardware support on the TOWER-XP.

Sorry to say, but not as many as on a REAL UniPlus+ port.
But I can shure tell you, that the power fail recovery is a real nice thing
to have.

>So, try upgrading from Release-1 if you havn't done so already.
>Otherwise, try talking to NCR direct - I've found them to be 
>pretty helpful in getting fixes.
>
>Rob. Fair.
>Bellcore, Piscataway.
>

And another thing is that NCR Release-2 isn't the same as the real Release 2
and the shared memory and that stuff doesn't work under NSR rel2, but in the
other hand, why shouldn't that already have been fixed.


	Lars Hammarstrand.
	Datorisering AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN.

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