From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 16 15:28:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA27215 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 15:28:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA27210 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 15:28:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA25701; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 17:27:56 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199611162327.RAA25701@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: unix for sun sparc To: mikem@minn.net (Michael D. Malszycki) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 17:27:55 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <328D944F.20C4@minn.net> from "Michael D. Malszycki" at "Nov 16, 96 10:15:43 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Michael D. Malszycki said: > I have been viewing the FreeBSD site and am very curious and excited > about the possibilities this site affords. I have been given a > SunSparc IPC (1990 manufactured) without an operating system. I would > like to know if Free BSD would be compatible with this machine. If not > could you point me in the right direction to obtain the correct flavor > of Unix? > Much thanks, > Mike The right to use license goes with the CPU on a Sun. You have the right to SunOS 4.1.3 on that machine (That's a guess according to the date). Other options are, NetBSD or OpenBSD, or Linux. I've heard that the linux TCP on Sparc is the fastest around. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030