Microport 2.3 -> 2.4 changes
Admin
root at uport.UUCP
Tue Aug 28 00:29:09 AEST 1990
In reply to Dan McKeel's question about whats new in Microport 2.4, here is
a quick summary of some notes in the 2.4 manual.
1] Support for some RLL & ESDI controllers, tested are:
Adaptec 2772 RLL
Adaptec 2322 ESDI
Data Technologies Corp 7287 RLL
2] Several new options to divvy
3] Streaming tape support
Everex QIC36 cartridge tape controller
EV 831
EV 833
Everex QIC02 cartridge tape controller
EV 811 -Rev B
Wangtek PC-36 120 MB
Archive cartridge tape controller
SC-499
SC-499-R
4] Sxt driver for shell layering
5] Alternate kernels may be booted at boot: prompt
6] Diskcopy included
7] Additional fdisk functionality
8] Additional console driver functionality
9] Virtual consoles
10] Patchable kernel variables
11] 1.44MB/720KB 3 1/2" floppy drive support
12] Two floppies accessed at the same time (only 1 formated though)
13] System V R3 vi included
14] Open files per process increased from 20 --> 50
15] Hard Drive error reporting improved
16] More better more
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I hope this helps
Richard Ducoty
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