Digital UNIX/Tru64 (original) (raw)
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also: DUNIX, Compaq Tru64 Unix, and OSF/1
summary
Digital UNIX is a UNIX-based† operating system made by Compaq/DEC.
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- further reading: books on Tru64 Unix
“previously called OSF/1 or DUNIX”e54
“The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System is a 64-bit advanced kernel architecture based on Carnegie-Mellon University’s Mach V2.5 kernel design with components from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 4.3 and 4.4, UNIX® System V, and other sources. DIGITAL UNIX is DIGITAL Equipment Corporation’s implementation of the Open Software Foundation™ (OSF®) OSF/1 R1.0, R1.1, and R1.2 technology, and the Motif® graphical user interface and programming environment.”w33
Intended purpose
server/mainframe: medium to large scale servers; minicomputers; mainframes
desktop/workstation: workstations (for those with UNIX familiarity)
handheld: not appropriate
real time: not appropriate
Current Version: 5.1e126
V4.0g was most current version in the 4.x stream.e126
“Digital UNIX continues to dominate the 64-bit arena, leaving HP-UX and IRIX to contest the second position, followed closely by AIX. Solaris and NT trail significantly behind. Digital benefits not only from strong software support for 64-bits, now being matched by other players, but also from top-to-bottom 64-bit hardware support and a lack of the minor compatibility tradeoffs required by other vendors’ solutions.” —D.H. Brown Associatesw43†
Kernel: 64-bit Mach 2.5-based implementation of BSD 4.3 and 4.4, System V, and other sourcese45 w33 (microkernel)
POSIX: compatible
File Systems Supported: Berkeley UFS, AdVFS, NFS, ISO9660 (with RockRidge extensions)e103; FAT with third party freeware, “mtools”, a set of MS-DOS utilities for UNIX† available at ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/mtools-2.0.7]w55, SMB (through SAMBA), DFSe118
Text Command Shell: UNIX shells
User Interface (graphic): Motifw33, CDEe103
Businesses and organizations with servers powered by Digital UNIX (Compaq Tru64 UNIX): AltaVista.com, Amazon.com, Lycos.com, the Vatican, WellsFargo.comw52
www.digital.com/info/internet/document/ias/tuning.html — “Digital UNIX Tuning Parameters for Web Servers”
http://www.join.com “JOIN DHCP/DDNS” commercial integrated DHCP and DDNS servers from Join Systems for DHCP and BootP clients running on SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x SPARC and x86, Digital UNIX, HP-UX 10.x using Motif GUI, evaluation copies available online.
Digital UNIX comes in second place with strong network security capabilities, bundling not only Web-browsing capabilities but also Web-authoring tools, with Navigator Gold, and a solid set of TCP/IP extensions. However, Digital UNIX lacks advanced NFS features such as CacheFS and AutoFS.” —Digital Equipment Corporation, “AIX 4.3 Leaps To 64-Bits In Dead Heat With Digital UNIX 4.0”w51
See also chart of internet features.
Other:
“As UNIX evolves into a 64-bit operating system, AIX 4.3 and Digital UNIX 4.0d share the lead for delivering commercial UNIX functions. Confronted with AIX 4.3 and HP-UX 11.0 upgrading to full 64-bit capabilities, Digital UNIX draws enough strength from the maturity of its pioneering 64-bit implementation to retain a significant lead for providing the full range of 64-bit features. Digital UNIX 4.0d also leads over all UNIX competitors for PC interoperability — surpassed only by NT — and scores very competitively in features for Internet/intranet, reliability, and scalability.” —D.H. Brown Associatesw42†
porting
www.digital.com/info/porting_assistant “The Digital Porting Assistant (available for Digital UNIX 3.2, and shipped as part of the developer toolkit on Digital UNIX 4.0) is a graphical environment which aids in the porting process. In addition to doing lint-like checking of C and Fortran code, it also contains extensive on-line help regarding developing software on Digital UNIX.”w55
references
further reading: web sites
Please send recommendations on additional URLs to Milo.
other related web sites
www.ornl.gov/cts/archives/mailing-lists/ — Archives of tru64-unix-managers mailing list
www.alpha-processor.com — information on the alpha processor
http://www.stokely.com/unix.sysadm.resources/faqs.t-z.html#faq.link.tru64 “Stokely’s Tru64 System Administrator FAQ links”
http://www.stokely.com/unix.sysadm.resources/faqs.a-m.html#faq.link.dec “Stokely’s DEC System Administrator FAQ links”
http://www.unixguide.net/unixguide.shtml “UNIXguide.net (AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, LINUX, SOLARIS & Tru64)”; a guide for comparable commands and directories in several popular forms of UNIX.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/rosetta.html “Rosetta Stone for Unix”; a guide for comparable commands and directories in several popular forms of UNIX (AIX, Darwin, DG-UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, SunOS, Tru64, and ULTRIX).
http://www.linuxrx.com/WS_Linux/OS_comparison.html “The Linux resource exchange — Operating systems comparison” LINUX, HPUX, Windows NT, BSDi, FreeBSD, IRIX, Digital UNIX, Solaris, Macintosh, OS/2, UnixWare, OpenServere83
http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/ John Kirch’s article “Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”
http://www.dhbrown.com/pdfs/osscorecard.html “Operating System Scorecard — D.H. Brown Associates”
http://www.join.com “JOIN DHCP/DDNS” commercial integrated DHCP and DDNS servers from Join Systems for DHCP and BootP clients running on SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x SPARC and x86, Digital UNIX, HP-UX 10.x using Motif GUI, evaluation copies available online.
further reading: books
For more UNIX book listings, see also the general book listings on the UNIX web page.
If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.
Price listings are for courtesy purposes only and may be changed by the referenced businesses at any time without notice.
further reading: books: introductory/general
Unix for VMS Users (Digital Press Vax Users Series); reprint edition; by Philip E. Bourne; Digital Press; February 1994; ISBN 1555580343; paperback; 368 pages; $39.95
A Practical Guide to the Unix System; by Mark G. Sobell; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; October 1994; ISBN 0805375651; paperback; 800 pages; $37.95
further reading: books: internet
Building a Unix Internet Server; by George Eckel; New Riders Publishing; June 1995; ISBN 1562054945; paperback (with CD-ROM); 325 pages; $30.40
further reading: books: enterprise/business
further reading: books: content creation
further reading: books: programming
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); by W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; June 1992; ISBN 0201563177; hardcover; 744 pages; $63.95
further reading: books: hardware
further reading: books: miscellaneous
If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.
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“If you’re a UNIX user, all UNIX are pretty much the same. If you’re a UNIX programmer, all UNIX are a little bit different. If you’re a UNIX system admin, all UNIX are completely different! That’s comming from ULTRIX, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Digital UNIX experiences. Might as well count linux, too.” —Bob Koehler, Hubble Space Telescope Payload Flight Software Team
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Created: June 22, 1998
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