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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 1997 22:20:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephen Milley <smilley@waterw.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970905221818.7395X-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970904051947.00695320@waterw.com>

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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Stephen Milley wrote:

> Where can I get the 4.4FreeBSD on CDROM, with complete manual and all? And
> what does this version provide as opposed to going to cdrom.com or some
> other place, etc.? If so, is there a web site I can visit to order it? I
> also want to know what this BSDLite version they are talking about is.
> Thanks for answering all these questions, as I am forever learning this
> impressive OS! :)

4.4BSD is the code base on which FreeBSD is based.  It's produced by the
University of California, Berkeley's Computer Systems Research Group,
which is now defunct.  FreeBSD is a port of the 4.4BSD code to the i386
platform, in essence.  It's not runnable except on a VAX, maybe, but is
interesting for observation.  Walnut Creek can probably direct you to a
source release of 4.4BSD, if you really want it.

> P.S. To give you a hint, my own ISP uses it! :)

gdi,ttyp3,~,94>telnet waterw.com
Trying 199.171.193.1...
Connected to waterw.com.
Escape character is '^]'.

   FreeBSD (water.waterw.com) (ttyp3)

You don't lie. :)


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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