Hi guys,
Slowly but surely I will be putting up groups of Unix abandonware on the BA FTP (need to make sure all of it actually works first) but am always looking for more items.
Over the years much of the commercial software, games and demos for UNIX and VMS have vanished from the internet (particularly after the demise of the uu.net FTP server, where many companies posted demos and downloads).
If anyone has anything please post here or upload to BA FTP.
Things of interest that are requested:
WordPerfect for UNIX and VMS
Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX
Corel Draw for UNIX
Framemaker for UNIX and VMS
Interleaf for UNIX and VMS
Oracle DB for UNIX (versions 8 and older)
Sybase DB for UNIX
SimCity for UNIX X11 and NeWs and Desqview/X
3d Modeling, Rendering, CAD software for UNIX and VMS
SoftPC, RealPC, Merge, VP/IX for UNIX and VMS
Anything else too of course! Rare versions of UNIX not on BA FTP always welcome!
Software can be for any UNIX version (AIX, IRIX, HP-UX, Solaris, SunOS, SCO, Tru64, Xenix, A/UX, Dell UNIX, Amiga UNIX, Atari UNIX, Interactive, Coherent, NextStep, OpenStep, etc...)
Thanks!
[REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
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Re: [REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
I downloaded a bunch of old archives from the early usenet days. I have yet to go through them. If I find anything that fits into what you're looking for, I'll make a note of it. There's probably just miscellaneous patches and bugfixes mixed in there, but at least we would be preserving history 
16 years of BA experience; I refurbish old electronics, and archive diskettes with a KryoFlux. My posting history is 16 years of educated speculation and autism.
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I'd be interested in Oracle Rdb for VAX. That was once available for download from Oracle's website but has disappeared at some point... I think it was Oracle 7.something (7.3?) but probably older versions also exist(ed)
-Darkstar
-Darkstar
I upload stuff to archive.org from time to time. See here for everything that doesn't fit BA
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I'll try to look at my Linux/UNIX collection to see if I can find stuff that was downloaded off an FTP in the middle of nowhere. (Hey, that's how I got Slackware 2.3!)
EDIT: I couldn't find anything of interest to you except FreeBSD 10.0 RC4. AFAIK, they don't archive the FreeBSD betas.
EDIT: I couldn't find anything of interest to you except FreeBSD 10.0 RC4. AFAIK, they don't archive the FreeBSD betas.
Re: [REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
Old UNIX patches and bug fixes would be good as many of them are hard to find.
RDB for VAX is indeed gone from the Oracle website (only the Alpha and Itanium versions are there, better snag them before they too disappear).
Older Linux that would be interesting are Caldera (had Motif and Accelerated-X) and RedHat versions (particularly the ones with TriTeal CDE)
RDB for VAX is indeed gone from the Oracle website (only the Alpha and Itanium versions are there, better snag them before they too disappear).
Older Linux that would be interesting are Caldera (had Motif and Accelerated-X) and RedHat versions (particularly the ones with TriTeal CDE)
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I currently have:
Redhat 3.0.3**, 5.1*, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2
Debian 0.91*, 2.0r0, 2.1r2 and 2.2r7
SUSE Enterprise Server 9 RC5, 5.2, 5.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 10.0 Beta 1
Slackware 2.1*, 2.2*, 2.3*, 3.0*, 3.1*, 3.2, 3.3*, 3.4*, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 4.0, 7.0*, 7.1 and 8.0. (Also have 12.2, but that's not relevant now.)
Caldera Network Desktop Preview 2 (Dated September 1995)
Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Not the Complete SKU, that's on our FTP, uploaded by me.)
FreeBSD 4.7 and 10.0 RC4
I can find more once I have access to my main computer, which I don't have.
* = install sources only
** = incomplete
Redhat 3.0.3**, 5.1*, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2
Debian 0.91*, 2.0r0, 2.1r2 and 2.2r7
SUSE Enterprise Server 9 RC5, 5.2, 5.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 10.0 Beta 1
Slackware 2.1*, 2.2*, 2.3*, 3.0*, 3.1*, 3.2, 3.3*, 3.4*, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 4.0, 7.0*, 7.1 and 8.0. (Also have 12.2, but that's not relevant now.)
Caldera Network Desktop Preview 2 (Dated September 1995)
Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Not the Complete SKU, that's on our FTP, uploaded by me.)
FreeBSD 4.7 and 10.0 RC4
I can find more once I have access to my main computer, which I don't have.
* = install sources only
** = incomplete
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Can you upload the RedHat versions as well as Caldera?
I can't find the Mandrake Linux on the FTP.
Thanks!
I can't find the Mandrake Linux on the FTP.
Thanks!
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You can find the Redhat versions on archive.org. I will upload the Caldera beta next week.
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http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macinto ... rc-solaris
On MacintoshGarden (An Apple centered Abandonware site), the Solaris for SPARC port of Macintosh Application Environment 1.0 is available to download, sadly the HP-UX version is missing. It also requires Solaris 9 or older.
On MacintoshGarden (An Apple centered Abandonware site), the Solaris for SPARC port of Macintosh Application Environment 1.0 is available to download, sadly the HP-UX version is missing. It also requires Solaris 9 or older.
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Thanks! MAE 1.0 has an unfortunate 8 hour demo limit!Gligar13 wrote:http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macinto ... rc-solaris
On MacintoshGarden (An Apple centered Abandonware site), the Solaris for SPARC port of Macintosh Application Environment 1.0 is available to download, sadly the HP-UX version is missing. It also requires Solaris 9 or older.
MAE 3.0 for Solaris is here: (but it needs a license file, even for the demo, it won't run at all without it)
ftp://ftp.uni-duisburg.de/Sun/SunOS/Sol ... ris_tar.gz
Re: [REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
May I add to the request list:
Adobe Illustrator for Unix (IRIX?) and for NeXTStep, seems very rare
Framemaker for NeXTStep, widely used but still rare
Some Applications for MS/SCO Xenix/Unixware should be on the FTP. That includes VP/ix, MS Word, MS Multiplan, MS BASIC, FoxBase, …
@Onyx: The text on that MAE 1.0 download page says the tgz is demo, the Toast image is full.
Thanks for sharing the MAE 3.0 link.
Adobe Illustrator for Unix (IRIX?) and for NeXTStep, seems very rare
Framemaker for NeXTStep, widely used but still rare
Some Applications for MS/SCO Xenix/Unixware should be on the FTP. That includes VP/ix, MS Word, MS Multiplan, MS BASIC, FoxBase, …
@Onyx: The text on that MAE 1.0 download page says the tgz is demo, the Toast image is full.
Thanks for sharing the MAE 3.0 link.Please don't forget to be respectful to each other.
Re: [REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
I have original CDs of Photoshop and Illustrator for IRIX that came with my O2.
They are on my list of item to scan, digitize and upload to BA FTP.
They are on my list of item to scan, digitize and upload to BA FTP.
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Yeahhh !!!!Onyx_RE2 wrote:I have original CDs of Photoshop and Illustrator for IRIX that came with my O2.
They are on my list of item to scan, digitize and upload to BA FTP.
I have original CDs of Tru64 5.1B if anyone is interrested.
I'll have a look for unix apps.
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Cool, Tru64 5.1B would be good. There is a version of it on the BA FTP but I have not checked as to how many discs that is.wr35nn89 wrote:Yeahhh !!!!Onyx_RE2 wrote:I have original CDs of Photoshop and Illustrator for IRIX that came with my O2.
They are on my list of item to scan, digitize and upload to BA FTP.
I have original CDs of Tru64 5.1B if anyone is interrested.
I'll have a look for unix apps.
Just found Illustrator for NextStep. Three floppy disks. Will upload that right away since it's so small.
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That's so great, thank you SO much! It's the first time I see this.
I heard about Illustrator on NeXT only because I read about it in an old NeXT book. The author wrote, TL;DR: Adobe announced it. And people were freaking out, because Illustrator was a successful title on Macintosh in the DTP sector and designers were awaiting their standard vector drawing program. Then Adobe released it after prolonged development time and people were disappointed, because the result of the Mac-to-NeXT GUI translation came out very unhandy. In the end, it was unsuccessful (and thus became quite rare).
I heard about Illustrator on NeXT only because I read about it in an old NeXT book. The author wrote, TL;DR: Adobe announced it. And people were freaking out, because Illustrator was a successful title on Macintosh in the DTP sector and designers were awaiting their standard vector drawing program. Then Adobe released it after prolonged development time and people were disappointed, because the result of the Mac-to-NeXT GUI translation came out very unhandy. In the end, it was unsuccessful (and thus became quite rare).
Please don't forget to be respectful to each other.
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I just got quite a lot of Solaris versions, and I can check what versions I have. I also have a couple of Solaris betas.
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Can't believe an entire year has gone by and I didn't upload the Irix stuff.
My apologies, will be working on them this weekend.
New goodies for old versions of UNIX too...
My apologies, will be working on them this weekend.
New goodies for old versions of UNIX too...
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I uploaded a complete set of AIX 4.2 to the FTP (complete with scans and stuff) but I don't think it has hit the FTP yet. I also uploaded some IRIX CDs which also didn't all make it to the FTP yet (mainly because it's not clear on how e.g. the "support folio" CDs should be sorted as they're not strictly OS discs and also not strictly patches or service packs)
I upload stuff to archive.org from time to time. See here for everything that doesn't fit BA
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@Darkstar, thanks for uploading AIX 4.2.
The Supportfolio CD's should probably go under (Misc) Support, Misc right?
The Supportfolio CD's should probably go under (Misc) Support, Misc right?
Re: [REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
Something you may find interesting:
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SYSTEM V/68 Release 3.0 Version 1-Rev_A M68020
sysV68
Copyright (c) 1984 AT&T
Copyright (c) 1985 Motorola, Inc.
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DG/UX stuff is great to have!
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Yeah, indeed, that would be really cool 
more stuff to try out, yay! Could you please share it?
more stuff to try out, yay! Could you please share it?I upload stuff to archive.org from time to time. See here for everything that doesn't fit BA
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Illustrator 5.5 for Irix
Wordperfect 6.0 and 5.2+ for various UNIXes
Lighthouse Design Collection for Next (includes Framemaker)
are in BA FTP now, check readme files for more info
Wordperfect 6.0 and 5.2+ for various UNIXes
Lighthouse Design Collection for Next (includes Framemaker)
are in BA FTP now, check readme files for more info
Re: [REQUEST] Unix and VMS Abandonware
The problems are that the scan+iso images were made long time ago, and now there are new rules like high res tiff/png scans + mds dumps.
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SYSTEM V/68 Release 3.0 Version 1-Rev_A M68020
sysV68
Copyright (c) 1984 AT&T
Copyright (c) 1985 Motorola, Inc.
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When we talk about Irix / Unix / other *nix systems, user has to convert an image to standard ISO anyway to be able to use it. I really doubt there's a way to mount MDF/MDS images i.e. under Irix. So it's not the best idea to preserve non-Windows applications as MDF/MDS dumps.wbyte wrote:now there are new rules like high res tiff/png scans + mds dumps.