[cctalk] Re: Odd Unix computer Bio-Rad SRC 3200
On 2022-07-31 11:09, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: Decided to sell it, can't keep it any longer. See pictures on ebay item 325288272428. There were manuals for Idris. Did you see, there is another one of those on ebay ...
[cctalk] Re: Odd Unix computer Bio-Rad SRC 3200
On 7/30/2022 10:04 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 7/30/2022 8:01 PM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: Doug, A few years ago I got it to power on and it runs Unix variant, their product name was Idris. I have 16 floppies (dated 1992) that came with the system, but the hard disk has died. Interesting! I have a Multibus system that runs Idris, very little information seems to be around on it. Mine's a straight 68K. What are the minimum requirements for BSD? With an '030 you should be able to run NetBSD-CURRENT, slowly :P You would of course have to write drivers for any unsupported hardware you need. Thanks, Jonathan What an odd OS. Glad to see that someone else recognized it. Looked it up on the internet and found a Wiki page giving a brief history. Now I know more than before. In my case I have something where the hardware is unique, the OS is unique. A real honest to goodness dinosaur. Bio-Rad built and labeled the CPU board, not cheaply either! Looks like it used standard components for scsi control, floppy i/f. No graphics, simple line drawing. Doug Decided to sell it, can't keep it any longer. See pictures on ebay item 325288272428. There were manuals for Idris. Doug
[cctalk] Re: Odd Unix computer Bio-Rad SRC 3200
On 7/30/2022 8:01 PM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: Doug, A few years ago I got it to power on and it runs Unix variant, their product name was Idris. I have 16 floppies (dated 1992) that came with the system, but the hard disk has died. Interesting! I have a Multibus system that runs Idris, very little information seems to be around on it. Mine's a straight 68K. What are the minimum requirements for BSD? With an '030 you should be able to run NetBSD-CURRENT, slowly :P You would of course have to write drivers for any unsupported hardware you need. Thanks, Jonathan What an odd OS. Glad to see that someone else recognized it. Looked it up on the internet and found a Wiki page giving a brief history. Now I know more than before. In my case I have something where the hardware is unique, the OS is unique. A real honest to goodness dinosaur. Bio-Rad built and labeled the CPU board, not cheaply either! Looks like it used standard components for scsi control, floppy i/f. No graphics, simple line drawing. Doug
[cctalk] Re: Odd Unix computer Bio-Rad SRC 3200
Doug, > A few years ago I got it to power on and it runs Unix variant, their > product name was Idris. I have 16 floppies (dated 1992) that came with > the system, but the hard disk has died. Interesting! I have a Multibus system that runs Idris, very little information seems to be around on it. Mine's a straight 68K. > What are the minimum requirements for BSD? With an '030 you should be able to run NetBSD-CURRENT, slowly :P You would of course have to write drivers for any unsupported hardware you need. Thanks, Jonathan
