[Info-vax] Alternative _legal_ operating systems for VAX ?

[Scott Dorsey]

Bob Eager  <news0009 at eager.cx> wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Jan 2022 15:21:59 +0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>>Wikipedia lists BSD 4.3, NetBSD, OpenBSD and something called Xinu as
>>>open source options for VAX.
>>>
>>>NetBSD may be the only one with current support. But do you need to run
>>>a current version??
>> 
>> What is the status on 4.1 and 4.2BSD?  I know that V/32 is pretty much
>> all AT&T code.
>
>I have 4.3 Quasijarus, but I have only run it on the simulator.

Yes.  4.3 is "not constrained by the AT&T license" whatever the lawyers really
mean by that.
--scott

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