Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-31 Thread Rico Pajarola via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Nearly 25 years later, my memory is pretty vague, however, around ’93 > at the FOSE trade show in Washington DC, IBM had a system running both OS/2 > and AIX. I want to say it was PPC, but it may have been

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread John P. Willis via cctalk
On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:07 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 8/30/2017 6:35 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I was looking up some data, and as a result was flipping through a copy of Computerworld from ’93. In doing so, I was marveli

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread John P. Willis via cctalk
On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I was looking up some data, and as a result was flipping through a copy of Computerworld from ’93. In doing so, I was marveling at the amount of Diversity we had in the Computer World at the time, but that’s not the point. The point is that

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
I worked on Solaris when the PPC work was done. Solaris 2.5.1 was the release that included PPC support. Here is a link to the Solaris 2.5.1 release notes, which describe some Solaris on PPC details - https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19695-01/802-5366/802-5366.pdf alan On 8/30/17 6:35 PM, Zane

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > It was more than likely x86 and the AIX would have been AIX PS/2 (which > > I did a lot of work on at the time). > > I think you___re right, especially as, IIRC, it was a laptop. Doesn't rule out the PowerPC, because there were PowerPC ThinkPads. -- pers

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:31 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: > > >> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Steve Jobs would have been at NeXT at that time, he didn’t come back to >> Apple until ’97. >> >> Nearly 25 years later, my memory is pretty vague, howev

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:59 PM, jim stephens via cctalk > wrote: > > > > On 8/30/2017 7:31 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: >>> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Steve Jobs would have been at NeXT at that time, he didn’t come back to >>>

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/30/2017 7:31 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Steve Jobs would have been at NeXT at that time, he didn’t come back to Apple until ’97. Nearly 25 years later, my memory is pretty vague, however, around ’93 at the FOSE t

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/30/2017 7:41 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg via cctalk wrote: On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:30 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: IIRC Jobs killed the effort. Been a long time ago to recall. I don't think it died before he was involved. We had the x86 Solaris, and the office was there at least thru S

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg via cctalk
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:30 PM, jim stephens via cctalk > wrote: > > IIRC Jobs killed the effort. Been a long time ago to recall. I don't think > it died before he was involved. > > We had the x86 Solaris, and the office was there at least thru Solaris 2.7 > days. I also know the kernel li

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Steve Jobs would have been at NeXT at that time, he didn’t come back to Apple > until ’97. > > Nearly 25 years later, my memory is pretty vague, however, around ’93 at the > FOSE trade show in Washington DC, IBM had a sy

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/30/2017 7:14 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:07 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 8/30/2017 6:35 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I was looking up some data, and as a result was flipping through a copy of Computerworld from ’93. In doing so, I was marveli

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:07 PM, jim stephens via cctalk > wrote: > > > > On 8/30/2017 6:35 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> I was looking up some data, and as a result was flipping through a copy of >> Computerworld from ’93. In doing so, I was marveling at the amount of >> Diversity we

Re: Solaris on PPC?

2017-08-30 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/30/2017 6:35 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I was looking up some data, and as a result was flipping through a copy of Computerworld from ’93. In doing so, I was marveling at the amount of Diversity we had in the Computer World at the time, but that’s not the point. The point is that