General
These CD-ROMs are the results of my voluntary effort to gather and
build “a few” packages for the almost archaeological platform DEC
ULTRIX. The current version of ULTRIX is from 1995, and today we expect
to find a new version of our favourite OS every or maybe every second
year, so ULTRIX is a little behind (for those who might not know: the
official ULTRIX project has been long dead, by now). I hope these
CD-ROMs will be a little fix to the situation. I’m sure you’ll find at
least some of these packages useful!
Acquiring
the software
These binaries are free. Most packages are available under GNU or
similar type of open source license, please read the documentation that
comes with each individual package for more information about the
software licensing. You can download any binary you want at the archives. No
registration or login/password is required. I would, however,
appreciate some user's
feedback in return, from you ULTRIX people. The newest versions of my
CD-ROMs
can be obtained directly from me, Joachim Buss.
Version
| Current version: |
2.0 |
| Current release date: |
September 2002 |
Statistics and package
index
| ULTRIX/RISC |
176 packages |
700 MB* |
Link to PDF
index |
| ULTRIX/VAX |
81 packages |
500 MB* |
Link to PDF
index |
| OSF/MIPS |
12 packages |
50 MB* |
Link to PDF
index |
*=compressed with bzip2
General information about the
freeware
If you want some additional information about the freeware please read
the following documentation, link to my PDF
readme file.
Building Open
Source Software on DEC ULTRIX V4.5
Should you ever want to build your own open source software (or other
software for that matter) on ULTRIX, you probably need to either
install the GNU tools and use them or you can do it
the hard way, port the programs to ULTRIX and use the native compiler.
I've written a document on this topic:
This document is slightly outdated, however, the most important
issues are covered.
Links to the download archives
Link to the DECstation /
VAXen / DEC Alpha links page.
Back to index.
Contact the author of this page
| Last updated: |
17-08-2008 (modified for RandomNET mirror readme file) |
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