[rescue] SunOS 4.x (was: Re: FDDI stuff)

[James Lockwood]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Speaking of which, when did Sun officially stop selling 4.1.4?  I remember it
> still being orderable as of '96 or so...

Not sure, but it was available at least into mid '97 (I have it on a price
list from then).  My list from late '98 does not show it.

> I never ran it on anything faster than a Classic; maybe I should pick up
> a dual/quad-CPU ss10/20 and give it another shot.

SunOS 4 was never "supported" on MP platforms other than than the SS600,
AFAIK.  It does generally work on MP SS10/20's, but the benefits of
additional CPU's are smaller than they should be with the extremely coarse
locking.  I'd put together a SS20/81 if I wanted the fastest solid 4.1.4
box.

> Also, anybody know if there ever actually was a 4.1.4 for the UltraSPARC?
> I kept hearing rumors that Sun did an internal "port" to satisfy a VERY LARGE
> (tm) customer that didnt want to switch to Solaris, but never offically
> released it because they didnt want to cripple SunOS 5.x sales.

This is urban legend spread by SunOS 4 diehards.

-James [former SunOS 4 diehard]

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