Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!axion!spuddy!markl From: markl@spuddy.uucp (Mark Liversedge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: BSDI BSD/386 Message-ID: <1992May13.152530.7655@spuddy.uucp> Date: 13 May 92 15:25:30 GMT Organization: Spuddy's Public Usenet Domain Lines: 19 Please don't flame me, but, where is BSD/386? Has no-one installed it? I am seriously considering buying it and am astonished it is not being discussed here. I have looked all around comp.* to no avail. Please e-mail me with where to go? If this *is* the right place then has anyone any comments? Particularly on hardware compatibility and any additional drivers floating around for any nice devices... Is it coz BSD/386 costs money and 386bsd doesn't that I have seen no mention of it? One more thing, Eric's FAQ and Bake off has been invaluable to me and I appreciate all the hard work he has put in, perhaps the thread on rascism can be moved elsewhere: alt.flame? e-mail? No, /dev/null. -- Mark * Meeeeow ! Call Spud the Cat on > +44 203 638780 < for free Usenet access *
Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de! math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!Germany.EU.net!bs From: b...@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSDI BSD/386 Date: 14 May 1992 11:18:13 GMT Organization: EUnet-Backbone, Germany Lines: 17 Distribution: eunet Message-ID: <uti9lINNa3i@disaster.Germany.EU.net> References: <1992May13.152530.7655@spuddy.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: walhalla.germany.eu.net In article <1992May13.152530.7655@spuddy.uucp>, markl@spuddy.uucp (Mark Liversedge) writes: > Please don't flame me, but, where is BSD/386? Has no-one installed it? > I am seriously considering buying it and am astonished it is not being > discussed here. I have looked all around comp.* to no avail. To my knowledge, BSD/386 is currently beta or gamma state, and the order form states something like "(...I ) acknowledge that it is not fit for review" so I'm not surprised not to see comments on it. Bernard -- Bernard Steiner, FB Informatik/IRB, Uni Dortmund, vox +49 231 755 2444 Postfach 500500, D-W-4600 Dortmund 50, Germany fax +49 231 755 2386 b...@Germany.EU.net ...!uunet!unido!bs *III And they gave it Instructions, but knew it not. } From The Book of Nome, *IV It is, they said, a Box with a Funny Voice. } Mezzanine v.III-IV
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net! mips!sdd.hp.com!hp-col!bdale From: bd...@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee) Subject: Re: BSDI BSD/386 Sender: no...@col.hp.com (notes) Message-ID: <1992May14.224923.15639@col.hp.com> Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 22:49:23 GMT Distribution: eunet References: <uti9lINNa3i@disaster.Germany.EU.net> Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division Lines: 10 b...@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes: > To my knowledge, BSD/386 is currently beta or gamma state, and the order form > states something like "(...I ) acknowledge that it is not fit for review" > so I'm not surprised not to see comments on it. That's part of it. There's a very active mailing list of beta users where the day to day "gee, how do I make this work" questions get asked and answered. Whether/when that discussion might migrate to a news group is unclear. Bdale
Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!unido!adagio!grog From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSDI BSD/386 Message-ID: <180@adagio.UUCP> Date: 15 May 92 12:37:01 GMT References: <1992May13.152530.7655@spuddy.uucp> Organization: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany Lines: 31 In article <1992May13.152530.7655@spuddy.uucp> markl@spuddy.uucp (Mark Liversedge) writes: >Please don't flame me, but, where is BSD/386? Has no-one installed it? Good question. It's here, plenty of people have installed it. But nobody talks about it. >I am seriously considering buying it and am astonished it is not being >discussed here. I have looked all around comp.* to no avail. Contact bs...@bsdi.com (1-800-800-4BSD. Don't call 1-800-BSD-UNIX, AT&T doesn't like it). In Europe, contact bs...@hillside.co.uk (+44-227-781675). >If this *is* the right place then has anyone any comments? >Particularly on hardware compatibility and any additional drivers >floating around for any nice devices... Probably one of the main reasons that you don't hear much about it here is that BSDI are maintaining their own beta testers mail list, in which significant interaction is possible. >Is it coz BSD/386 costs money and 386bsd doesn't that I have seen no >mention of it? Don't think so. comp.unix.sysv doesn't have that problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Lehey | Public access UNIX available - try BSDI LEMIS | out on our machine! Mail and news W-6324 Schellnhausen 2 | connections available Germany | Fax: +49-6637-1489 Tel: +49-6637-1488 | Mail: grog%...@Germany.Eu.net
Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!axion!spuddy!markl From: markl@spuddy.uucp (Mark Liversedge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSDI BSD/386 Message-ID: <1992May26.112501.19901@spuddy.uucp> Date: 26 May 92 11:25:01 GMT Organization: Spuddy's Public Usenet Domain Lines: 18 I previously asked for details on BSD/386 and queried the (seemingly) amazing lack of chat on the net. Apparently the Beta testers are using an internal mailing list for discussions. They are *not* currently allowed to post to the net. This will be lifted soon, I am told. I have received lots of info from the beta testers/users as a result of my article - *many* thanks to all. All the people who responded had only good things to say. UK information is available from: bs...@hillside.co.uk US information is available from: in...@bsdi.com -- Mark * Meeeeow ! Call Spud the Cat on > +44 203 638780 < for free Usenet access *
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sparky!uunet!caen!sdd.hp.com!hp-col!bdale From: bd...@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee) Subject: Re: BSDI BSD/386 Sender: no...@col.hp.com (notes) Message-ID: <1992May26.190935.28670@col.hp.com> Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 19:09:35 GMT References: <1992May26.112501.19901@spuddy.uucp> Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division Lines: 31 markl@spuddy.uucp (Mark Liversedge) writes: > Apparently the Beta testers are using an internal mailing > list for discussions. They are *not* currently allowed to > post to the net. This will be lifted soon, I am told. The restriction has been lifted. Here's an excerpt from a message to the beta mailing list from Rob Kolstad at BSDI: ... BSDI MEMO May 17, 1992 Things are going well here at BSDI. We are finalizing our plans for the Gamma and production releases. We anticipate having good schedules in place soon. As the beta mailing list has evolved and the comp.unix.bsd newsgroup has continued to run, I think it's time to release our beta users from the licensing restriction about reviewing or commenting about BSD/386 in public. So, after discussion with the engineering staff, here's what we've come up with: * By this note, beta customers are released from the restriction about discussing BSD/386 in newsgroups and other public places. ... It goes on to say the mailing list will continue, reiterates the bug-reporting address, and so on. Bdale, a satisfied BSDI customer, among other things...