There are four files here that relate to the European release of BSD/OS. The files are based on four documents: qanda - a set of Questions and Answers giving information about BSD/OS gateway - a set of Questions and Answers giving information abnout the BSDI Internet Gateway tech - a technical guide flyer giving more details of supported hardware. order - an order form for Europe. busprice - some explanatatory text on the order form Look for a line starting with -cut- to get to the next document. We can supply you these in PostScript or printed form - contact the address below. Berkeley Software Design International (Europe) Ltd. Katallin Town Lane Chartham Hatch Canterbury Kent CT4 7NN UK Tel: +44 1227 781675 Fax: +44 1227 762554 Email: bsdi@hillside.co.uk -cut-qanda------------------------------------------------------------------------- BSD/OS Version 2.0 Questions and Answers BSD/OS Version 2.0 is the third production release of BSDI's ground-breaking UNIX-like operating system for your PC or compatible. It is based on the 4.4BSD-Lite release of the Computer Systems Research Group at University of California, Berkeley and includes 4.4BSD's features and capabilities. Additionally, it includes MIT's X (X11R6) Window system and other software from a wide variety of sources. BSDI has augmented these software bases with all the modules needed to provide a complete operating system and set of utilities. BSDI's operating system releases are unique in their offering of supported base systems software with almost complete source code. We invite you to read these questions and answers to clarify the many features and benefits of BSDI's BSD/OS. Q. What is BSD/OS? A. BSD/OS is an IEEE POSIX-compliant operating system for 386, 486, and Pentium PC-compatibles. It includes a wide range of functionality, a rich set of utilities, and the X11R6 Window System. BSD/OS can be purchased as a ready-to-boot binary-only system and, if desired, one can additionally purchase the sources that generate those binaries. BSD/OS's strengths include its ability to act as a gateway to the Internet (no external router is required), its complete software development system, and its low licence fees when used as a software distribution platform or embedded system. As of March 1995, BSD/OS is being used by over 3,500 customers around the world. Q. What hardware is required to run BSD/OS? A. BSD/OS runs on 386, 486, and Pentium PC-compatible systems with ISA or EISA bus architectures (localbus versions of supported cards work also). compiled directly from the CD-ROM. BSD/OS is distributed on CD-ROMs, QIC-150 cartridges and Exabyte 8mm tapes. For installation, you will need access to a device that supports one of the distribution media types. The device can be on another machine on your LAN, assuming that the machine supports rsh, and has the dd and mt commands. We do not currently ship BSDI on 200 floppy disks because we think the size of the release in that format would be cumbersome. For more details on the hardware that you need and the hardware that is supported, please see the Technical Guide. Look at this guide very carefully, most customer problems with BSD/OS are due to hardware. Buying the correct hardware is the first step to successful use of the system. Q. Where do I get BusLogic SCSI adapters in Europe? A. Buslogic have an office in Paris that should be able to help you, call them on +33 1 45.12.35.25. Failing that, try the US office +1 408 565 6800. We have been given the numbers for two UK distributors: Daytron Tech on +44 1252 303333 and CMS Peripherals on +44 171 704 0202. Q. Does BSD/OS support floating point operations? A. The BSD/OS kernel supports the floating point coprocessor or automatically emulates the hardware if none exists. Q. What about Ethernet adapters for laptops? A. BSD/OS supports the Xircom PocketEthernet II and III parallel port ethernet controllers which can be used in general operation and for installation. BSDI is currently planning projects to implement PCMCIA support for laptops. Q. Does BSD/OS require special hardware configurations? A. BSD/OS includes an autoconfiguration facility that attempts to probe your system to determine which peripherals are present. Booting from the floppy uses a `generic' kernel which has a large selection of devices-but not all of them. Q. Do I need to configure my kernel? A. If you don't have a US keyboard and want to run without X, then you will need to rebuild you kernel. This is very simple and takes a minute or so. Q. Can I run SCO Unix applications on BSD/OS? A. BSDI 2.0 release includes the SCO Unix execution mode. SCO Unix applications that do not require special modules to be added to the kernel should work with no modification. No Xenix support is included. Q. Can I run DOS applications on BSD/OS? A. BSD/OS supports an environment for running many DOS applications. This environment uses the 8086/8088 emulation mode and supports up to 4MB of RAM in extended memory. Most applications that don't require special hardware or Microsoft Windows should run. Q. How is BSD/OS installed? How long does it take? A. BSD/OS boots to single user mode via a boot floppy. The running operating system then copies files from tape or CD-ROM to the hard disk. Once the hard disk is loaded, BSD/OS boots from there. Installation speed varies with the speed of peripherals, particularly the tape drive. The fastest tape drives reduce loading time for the base system and the X Window System to under one hour; CD-ROM installs go even faster. Q. Can I share a disk between BSD/OS and other operating systems? A. BSD/OS supports co-residency so that one hard disk can support as many as four different operating systems, the DOS limit. Q. Can I share disk files between BSD/OS and MS-DOS? A. BSD/OS supports mounting MS-DOS filesystems directly into your BSD/OS directory hierarchy. BSD/OS also supports the popular mtools package for reading and writing DOS format filesystems (on both floppies and hard disks). With doscmd, some MS-DOS applications can access BSD/OS files. Q. What standards does BSD/OS support? A. BSD/OS supports the IEEE POSIX 1003.1 standard (though certification has not yet been completed). BSDI has tracked the IEEE POSIX 1003.2 standard and is modifying utilities to conform. BSD/OS networking includes both the OSI and TCP/IP standards. The BSD/OS C compiler (gcc) supports ANSI C; all system headers comply with ANSI-C's requirements. The X Window System (Version X11R6) is an industry standard window system based on software from MIT. Q. What filesystems does BSD/OS support? A. BSD/OS supports the UFS filesystem (also known as the Fast Filesystem) and a memory-based filesystem (known as MFS). The filesystems support long file names and symbolic links. BSD/OS also supports the ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge filesystems, now in popular use for CD-ROMs. MS-DOS filesystems can also be mounted under BSD/OS. Also, BSD/OS includes a re-implementation of Sun's NFS, the industry standard for network file sharing. For reliable use over low-speed or long-haul links (where traditional NFS fails), you can use our TCP/NFS. Q. How fast is BSD/OS? A. BSD/OS's speed depends, of course, on the underlying hardware. A 486-based system with 33 MHz clock and reasonable SCSI disks performs at about the same speed as a SPARCStation 1+; with a 50 Mhz clock, the 486 processors seem to benchmark at about 25 MIPS. A 486/50 can rebuild the entire kernel from scratch in just seven minutes. Pentiums run 2.5x the speed of 486/66's. Q. What compilers are included? A. BSD/OS currently includes the GNU 1.42 gcc, and the GNU 2.6.3 gcc2 and g++ compilers. Q. Is BSD/OS System V compatible? A. Beyond IEEE POSIX standards, the X11 Window System, and the SCO compatibility mode, no special System V compatibility is supplied. BSD/OS is very compatible with other Berkeley-based software environments (e.g., SunOS, Ultrix, and OSF/1) for compilation of source code and general system administration. Q. Can I redistribute BSD/OS to my friends for free? A. No. Right now, BSDI distributes most copies of BSD/OS directly to end users. Special licencing arrangements are available for VARs, OEMs, distributors, and educational institutions. The BSD/OS source code contains a number of modules written by BSDI to glue together the various components of the release. It also contains a large amount of freely redistributable code. You are free to redistribute those modules which are not marked as proprietary. Q. How does BSD/OS licensing work? A. A standard source or binary licence permits you to run BSD/OS on a single CPU. If you want to run more than one copy, then you must buy the inexpensive Additional Rights of Use licence for that extra CPU. Note that the Additional Rights of Use licence can only be used inside your organisation and cannot be transferred to a third party. Contact us for details on licencing if you want to sell BSD/OS as part of your product. There is a special licence for educational institutions who wish to run several copies of the system. This involves the payment of an annual fee. Q. How can a full source licence cost so little? What about the USL licence costs? A. BSD/OS is not System V UNIX. BSDI can pass the royalty savings along to you. Q. Can I redistribute BSD/OS to customers of my business? A. Vertical marketers and others may wish to distribute binary copies (or, very rarely, source copies) of BSD/OS as part of their product. Contact BSDI (Europe) Ltd for pricing information. Q. Can I share modifications to BSD/OS code with my friends or customers? Can I post the modifications on Usenet? A. Any software you develop using BSD/OS is yours to own, share, and/or sell as you choose. Of course, if it includes software which is proprietary to BSDI, we must ask you not to make the source available to anyone not having a BSDI source licence. We feel that it's in everyone's best interests to make bug fixes and improvements available to the entire community. Therefore, customers are free to post reasonable diff's to the net (as long as the post doesn't contain too much BSDI proprietary code). Q. Is Motif available? A. Motif is available from Lasermoon Ltd, contact them by phone: +44 1329 826444, fax: +44 1329 825936 or email: info@lasermoon.co.uk. Q. What documentation is provided with BSD/OS? A. Complete release and installation documentation is supplied. The man pages are supplied online in both formatted and unformatted forms. Q. Is there any other printed material? A. There are several very well written books that cover the operation and use of various parts of BSD/OS. Most of the books are published by O'Reilly & Associates Inc. BSDI (Europe) Ltd can arrange to supply you with these books by special arrangement with International Thomson Publishing, the European distributors for O'Reilly. Q. Is there anything on the World Wide Web? A. You can find more information and a news page by accessing http://www.hillside.co.uk. You can also access the BSD/OS manual pages on this server. The US parent company runs a WWW server at http://www.bsdi.com. Q. Is there a BSD/OS user group? A. Our users run an excellent electronic mailing list. To join, send email to bsdi-users-request@bsdi.com. Put help in the body of your mail and you will be returned further instructions. Q. How does BSDI help me if I have trouble? A. BSDI prides itself on providing outstanding support. Our telephone service desk is available five days a week from 9 am to 5pm UK local Time (and sometimes after hours). If you are still on your initial 70-day full service period or have a telephone support contract then you can call our phone number for assistance. If you have an e-mail/fax support contract, you can contact us via either of those methods. Q. How do I report bugs if I don't have support? A. Report bugs by sending electronic mail to problems@hillside.co.uk. If you do not have network access to send mail, call or Fax our support personnel. Q. What if I buy BSD/OS and decide I don't need it? A. BSD/OS comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee. __________________________________________________________________ BSDI (Europe) Ltd distributes BSD/OS in Western Europe only, please contact us for details of distributors outside that area. Berkeley Software Design International (Europe) Ltd Katallin Town Lane Chartham Hatch Canterbury Kent CT4 7NN UK Phone: +44 1227 781675 Fax: +44 1227 762554 Email: bsdi@hillside.co.uk Berkeley Software Design, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify any of the product or service specifications or features described herein without notice. This product summary is for information only and BSDI makes no express or implied representations or warranties in this summary. This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and their contributors. BSD/OS, BSDI, and the BSDI logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Berkeley Software Design, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO. in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products and services of, their respective owners. Copyright (C) 1992-1995 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -cut-gateway----------------------------------------------------------------------- BSDI Internet Gateway Server Questions and Answers The BSD/OS Gateway Server Version 2.0 is the first release of BSDI's ground- breaking UNIX-like operating system for Internet Service. Version 2.0 is based on the 4.4BSD-Lite release of the Computer Systems Research Group at University of California, Berkeley and includes 4.4BSD's features and capabilities. Additionally, it includes MIT's X Window system and other software from a wide variety of sources. BSDI has augmented these software bases with all the modules needed to provide a complete operating system and set of utilities. BSDI's operating system releases are unique in their offering of supported base systems software with almost complete source code. We invite you to read these questions and answers to clarify the many features and benefits of BSDI's BSD/OS and the Internet Gateway Server. The BSDI Gateway Server includes BSDI's UNIX workalike BSD/OS as an integral part of its operation. No extra charges are assessed for this feature. Q. What is the BSDI Internet Gateway Server? A. The Internet Gateway product uses the BSD/OS operating system to provide a complete Internet environment including: TCP/IP, SLIP and PPP, WWW/Mosaic clients (Mosaic and Netscape), WWW/Mosaic server, Electronic mail (SMTP), File transfers (FTP), NFS, USENET News (INN), and X11 servers & clients. Configuration software enables configuration of most of the services by answering only a few questions. Q. How will I connect my machine to the Internet? A. Connecting your machine to the Internet requires an Internet Service Provider (ISP) who can transfer your packets to the Internet. We can help you find an ISP in your country, ask us. Your ISP will advise you as to whether you should connect with lower speed modems (e.g., 14,400 or 28,800 BPI), leased lines and which protocol to use: (e.g., SLIP, PPP, X.25, or Frame Relay). You'll need whatever hardware your ISP requires (modem for slower speeds, CSU/DSU and an interface card for higher speeds). Both SDL and Emerging Technologies have various high speed cards; contact BSDI for details. Once connected to the Internet, you'll want to set up your own site name using DNS. The new E-Z configuration system makes this simple. You'll want to set up clients and servers for the various services you wish to use. Most are shipped with the system; some are available at the FTP site. Q. How do I connect my MSWindows network to the Internet Gateway? A. Use TCP/IP to connect other networks to the Gateway. Ethernet is your best bet as a connection medium. Some Windows programs have TCP/IP stacks built-in (e.g., some of the Mosaic servers). Q. Can I run my PC BBS program on BSD/OS? A. Only Galacticomm's MAJOR BBS is currently shipping on BSD/OS. Other freeware BBS's are available at various FTP sites. Q. How many users can I run on my system? A. Running more users requires more RAM, more CPU power, and sometimes require more network bandwidth. Of course, one user can always saturate a machine, but generally, users using low-bandwidth services like e-mail, telnet, and ftp consume only a fraction of a machine. While one large timesharing service supports 260 users on a 486/66, you might consider these guidelines: Architecture Estimated speed Estimated Users 386/33 6 MIPS 12 users 486/33 12 MIPS 25 users 486/66 25 MIPS 50 users Pentium 66 60 MIPS 80 users Pentium 90 90 MIPS 120 users Perform your own benchmarks and profiling to find better estimates for your user base. Q. Can I build a firewall with BSD/OS? A. Yes, some commercial firewall companies even use BSD/OS as their delivery platform. You'll want to ftp screend from ftp.vix.com and the firewall toolkit from ftp.tis.com. Configuration takes two days. Q. Does BSD/OS support multi-port serial I/O cards? A. You bet. In addition to the standard PC serial ports and the AST-4 style cards, BSD/OS supports the SDL RISCom/8; DigiBoard PC/Xe, PC/8i, PC/Xem; Maxpeed SS-4/2, SS-4PLUS, SS-8/2, SS-16/2; Specialix SLXOS; and SCCSI USENET II. Q. Does BSD/OS support ISDN? A. BSDI support the Ascend and Pipeline ISDN routers. Standards for ISDN protocols are still settling - it does not appear that ISDN communications is an `open' industry yet! Q. What about terminal servers? A. BSD/OS's standard TCP/IP and telnet protocols enable most terminal servers to work correctly right out-of-the-box. Contact the server vendor if the terminal server requires special software for the hosts it supports. Q. Can BSD/OS help me with my billing? A. BSD/OS tracks user connect hours, user CPU time used, disk space consumed, and WWW page accesses. It does not log network packet activity. Trivial scripts can summarise data for billing purposes. BSD/OS does not, in general, count the number of packets passed through it nor does it generally account for random network connections that do not login (either through telnet or rsh). Q. How does BSDI help me if I have trouble? A. BSDI prides itself on providing outstanding support. Our telephone service desk is available toll-free five days a week from 9 am to 5 pm UK local Time (and sometimes after hours). If you are still on your initial 70-day full service period or have a telephone support contract then you can call our phone number for assistance. If you have an e-mail/fax support contract, you can contact us via either of those methods. Q. What about hardware configurations? A. See the Technical Guide for BSD/OS for the complete supported list of hardware. __________________________________________________________ Berkeley Software Design International (Europe) Ltd Katallin, Town Lane, Chartham Hatch, Canterbury, Kent CT4 7NN UK Phone: +44 1227 781675 Fax: +44 1227 762554 Email: bsdi@hillside.co.uk Berkeley Software Design, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify any of the product or service specifications or features described herein without notice. This product summary is for information only and BSDI makes no express or implied representations or warranties in this summary. This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and their contributors. BSD/OS, BSDI, and the BSDI logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Berkeley Software Design, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO. in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products and services of, their respective owners. Copyright (C) 1992-1995 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -cut-tech-------------------------------------------------------------------------- BSD/OS Version 2.0 Technical Guide BSD/OS Version 2.0 is the third production release of BSDI's ground-breaking UNIX-like operating system for your 386/486/Pentium PC or compatible. BSD/OS is based on the 4.4BSD-Lite release of the Computer Systems Research Group at University of California, Berkeley and includes 4.4BSD's features and capabilities. The distribution includes MIT's X11R6 Window system and other software from a wide variety of sources. BSDI has augmented these software bases with all the modules needed to provide a complete operating system and set of utilities. Distribution package BSD/OS is distributed on CD-ROM (two CD-ROMs are supplied with the source distribution), QIC-150 or 8mm tape. The package comes with two installation floppy diskettes. One floppy contains the 'installation' operating system kernel and the various other various used in installing the system. Installation uses a simple question and answer utility that takes you through the whole process from a raw machine to fully working system that already provides tailored Internet services. Configuring Your PC for BSDI Products This short checklist shows how you can configure your PC to run BSD/OS and the BSD/OS Internet Gateway Server. You'll need a supported CPU, floppy disk, bus architecture, a disk system, and (probably) a CD-ROM reader. Optional higher speed Super VGA cards can enhance the X window system. Floating point hardware is supported if present, emulated if not. Required system components: CPU 80386, 80486, or Pentium. Any speed. Choose Intel or Cyrix Motherboards: Zeos and Acer motherboards are reported to have problems running BSD/OS. Bus Architecture ISA, EISA, VESA Localbus, PCI. BSD/OS does not support MCA (MicroChannel). RAM 4 Mb minimum. 8 Mb when using the X window system. Add about 0.5 Mb to the minimum for each extra user connecting to the system. 256Mb maximum Floppy Drive 3.5'' 1.44Mb needed for bootstrap Display Will boot with any PC monitor and keyboard. Disk Subsystem Either IDE disk drives (just about any kind) or a supported SCSI adapter and just about any SCSI hard disk. 125 Mb for bare-bones BSD/OS; 225 Mb when including X Window system Supported SCSI Adapters: for ISA: Adaptec 1540B, 1542B, 1542C, 1542CF; BusLogic BT-542, BT-545 for EISA: Adaptec 1740, 1742, 1742A; BusLogic BT-747, (BT-742 is supported) for VESA: LocalBus: BusLogic BT-445S, BT-445C for PCI: BusLogic BT-946 CD-ROM Any SCSI CD-ROM drive (with supported adapter above). Mitsumi (ISA-based) CRMC LU-002S, LU-005S, FX-001, or FX-001D) Note: Sound card SCSI adapters are not currently supported. Optional system components: Magnetic Tape Archive Viper QIC-02, Everex QIC-150: EV-811, EV-831, EV-833, Wangtek QIC-150 5150PK. Just about all SCSI tapes (with supported SCSI host adapter) Ethernet boards WD8003, WD8013; SMC Ultra; Novell NE1000, NE2000; 3Com, 3C501, 3C503, 3C505, 3C507, 3C509, 3C579; Intel EtherExpress 16; TNIC-1500 Ethernet; Allied Telesis RE2000/AT-1700 series; HP EtherTwist; Xircom PE-2 & PE-3. No special Ethernet boards for PCI; ISA and EISA run at almost maximum speed of LAN. Serial ports Standard PC serial ports (including AST-4); SDL RISCom/8; DigiBoard PC/Xe, PC/8i, PC/Xem; Maxpeed SS-4/2, SS-4PLUS, SS-8/2, SS-16/2; Specialix SLXOS; SCCSI USENET II Sync cards RISCom N1, H2, and N2 for 56K through T-1 (purchase from SDL at +1 508-238-4490) Accelerated Video The X Window server supports any card that uses these chips, on any bus: ATI MACH8, MACH32, MACH64; Cirrus GD5402, GD5420, GD5422, GD5424, GD5426, GD5428, GD5430, GD5434; I85VESA8514, 82C480, 82C481, WD9500; IIT AGX014, AGX015; Matrox MGA-I, MGA-II; Oak OTI067, OTI077, OTI087; S3 86C801, 86C805, 86C805i, 86C864, 86C911, 86C924, 86C928, 86C964; Trident TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA8900D, TVGA9000, TVGA9000i;Tseng ET3000, ET4000, ET4000/W32, ET4000/W32i, ET4000/W32p; VGA16 STDVGA; Weitek P9000; WDC PVGA1, WD90C00, WD90C11, WD90C26, WD90C30, WD90C31, WD9500; XGA XGA, XGA-2. Mice All bus, serial, and PS/2-style mice Miscellaneous SoundBlaster Pro, MIDI MPU-401, Parallel printer ports Installation The first job of the installation utility is to setup your hardware. You can install BSD/OS on the same hard disk as other operating systems and select which system you wish to run. BSD/OS can 'see' any MS/DOS partition, you can mount it as part of the filesystem. This makes transfering files between the two systems particularly easy. After setting up your disks, you now use a menu to select and install files stored in two dozen 'packages' from the CD-ROM or tape. The installation can be done from devices connected to your PC or you can use remote hardware on a machine on your local LAN assuming that the machine supports the rsh protocol, and has the dd and mt commands. The operating system and utilities sizes break down as follows (they grouped here by common selection; most individual sections range from 5 to 15Mb): Package type Size Base OS, Utilities, Networking, & Development tools 44Mb Contributed Software (GNU and other) 31Mb Games, MH, Ghostscript, Emacs, TeX, ISODE 60Mb X11R6 Server, Fonts, X11 Clients, X11 Development tools 39Mb The source package sizes are as follows: Package type Size BSD/OS Kernel sources 9Mb Library and Utilities sources 295Mb X11R6 sources 144Mb You will need some space on your disk for a swapping partition, 16 or 32Mb is typical but this does depend on the load you intend to put on our machine.NetworkingBSD/OS includes the popular TCP/IP protocol suite. Standard facilities like telnet and ftp are supplied. All the popular Berkeley networking programs are included, as well (e.g., rsh, rlogin, and rcp). The network time synchronization protocol (NTP) is also supported.Many customers use BSD/OS for their Internet gateways. Support for the Domain Name Service (DNS) and packet routing is standard. Email is supported by the latest edition of sendmail, giving you the ability to connect to remote sites with SMTP, UUCP, and POP-3. The system comes with NCSA's httpd allowing you to become an instant World Wide Web publisher. The install script can set up your home page. Enhancing your Web Pages with graphics is easy using the xv image browser and editor, the xpaint drawing utility and the popular PBM bitmap tools. WWW access is supported by both the Mosiac and Netscape browsers. BSD/OS systems fit quickly and comfortably into your existing TCP/IP environment. Our implementation of NFS, the Network File system allows you to connect all file systems of all your machines together forming a coherent file system hierarchy for file sharing. BSD/OS supports the OSI protocol stack. The benefits of TCP/IP networking have been extended to lower speed lines through the SLIP and the PPP protocols. You can use your favourite high speed modem to run TCP/IP via SLIP or PPP to another site and gain all the benefits of Ethernet-like networking, albeit at dramatically lower speeds. SLIP and PPP are ideal for sites which prefer low cost connectivity to wide area networks. BSD/OS supports the SDL Communications RISCom N1 and RISCom H2 high-speed synchronous interface cards. These provide a point-to-point bit-synchronous serial connection with speeds up to 4 Mb/s using HDLC frame format. BSD/OS supports Cisco HDLC encapsulation (for connecting to Cisco routers) and synchronous PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) over these connections. These can be used to network over standard leased lines. Contact SDL Communications Inc. at +1 508-238-4490. BSD/OS has a completely new implementation of UUCP which sports efficiency improvements and backward compatibility with configuration files of previous implementations. Development Environment All BSD/OS systems are built on PC compatibles running BSD/OS. The C software development environment is complete and includes: ANSI & Traditional C compiler (gcc; with lint functionality) g++ compiler make The popular gdb debugger flex and Berkeley yacc; lex and yacc replacements RCS (the revision control system) CVS (the concurrent version system which enables several developers to work simultaneously in a large source tree) The BSD/OS source licence includes source for just about the entire release. Only a few modules may not have source code (when licences for that source code are prohibitively expensive or require non-disclosure). Currently, only a few display drivers, the Digiboard drives, the MAXspeed single multi-port tty driver, and the Xircom Pocket Ethernet drivers are not delivered with source code. Source code not supplied with the release is often available at nominal cost to individuals. Shells, Editors and Text Processing BSD/OS includes Berkeley's csh, GNU's bash, a version of sh that includes job control and functions, and the `public-domain' ksh shells. BSD/OS includes vi, jove, ed, epoch, and emacs (along with over 7MB of emacs libraries). BSD/OS comes with the complete groff suite of troff-style text processing utilities and macro packages. PostScript Preview is supported by the ghostscript package. Also included is the TEX distribution. ___________________________________________________________________ BSDI (Europe) Ltd distributes BSD/OS in Western Europe only, please contact us for details of distributors outside that area. Berkeley Software Design International (Europe) Ltd Katallin, Town Lane Chartham Hatch Canterbury, Kent CT4 7NN UK Phone: +44 1227 781675 Fax: +44 1227 762554 Email: bsdi@hillside.co.uk Berkeley Software Design, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify anyof the product or service specifications or features described herein without notice. This product summary is for information only and BSDI makes no express or implied representations or warranties in this summary. This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and their contributors. BSD/OS, BSDI, and the BSDI logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Berkeley Software Design, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO. in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products and services of, their respective owners. Copyright (C) 1992-1995 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -cut-busprice---------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes on the BSDI Internet Gateway Server price list Berkeley Software Design (International) Europe Ltd Introduction The BSDI Internet Gateway server Version 2.0 is the first release of BSDI's ground-breaking UNIX-like operating system for Internet Service. Version 2.0 is based on the 4.4BSD-Lite release of the Computer Systems Research Group at University of California, Berkeley and includes 4.4BSD's features and capabilities. The BSDI Gateway Server includes BSDI's UNIX workalike BSD/OS as an integral part of its operation. BSDI Internet Gateway Server The BSDI Internet Gateway server is sold in two forms: a release containing only binaries; and a release containing both binaries and the full source to the nearly the entire system. Both releases come with floppy disks to boot the system and a 100-page Release notes booklet. Systems come with free 70 days support, timed from the moment your release is dispatched. The order form gives you prices for a CD-ROM release, we charge GBP 35 extra for a QIC-150 or 8mm tape. In addition to the licences, you can buy Annual Upgrades. This will give you access to our patches server and a new system every year. You will need at least an email account to make full use of our patches service. Please note that we also add a tape surcharge for upgrades. The software upgrade option only gives you updated software, but we find that most people want the security of a support contract so that any problem is rapidly solved by our experts. A support contract runs for a year and enables a nominated person at your site to contact us with questions. We have two support packages: Email/fax support requires that questions are sent in electronically and are answered in the same way. Telephone/email/fax support additionally allows the contact person to call us on the telephone. Support is provided from 9am to 5pm UK local time, five days a week excluding UK public holidays. If you buy upgrades and/or support, the clock starts running from the end of your 70 day free period. We try to send reminders when the period is about to expire. Late payment means that your support period is backdated to the appropriate date. System prices The system is licensed on a per-machine basis and is priced according to the number of simultaneous users that will use the machine. Each physical person logged in (potentially many times) counts as a single user. Each active incoming UUCP, SLIP & PPP line counts as a single user. Each active incoming network service counts as 0.1 of a user, for example, these are FTP, HTTP/Mosiac and NFS clients. So the `number of users' for your machine is Number_of_users = Number_of_different_people_logged_in + 0.1 * Number_non_login_network_connections + number_of_serial_line_active_connections For licensing purposes, the `Number of users' is the maximum value the above formula ever achieves. When the `maximum number of users' grows, upgrade your licence by paying the difference in licence fees + 35.00. Other prices Call for site licences. Resellers, developers of embedded applications and other OEMs should contact us for prices. Quantity discounts are also available. Please talk to us if you wish to make use of the underlying operating system BSD/OS. -cut-order------------------------------------------------------------------------- EUROPEAN BSDI INTERNET GATEWAY SERVER ORDER FORM This form is for use by businesses and organisations. Separate order forms are available for Educational buyers (including students) and for individuals. For more explanation on this price list, see a separate document: `Notes on the BSDI Internet Gateway Server price list'. To: Berkeley Software Design International (Europe) Ltd Katallin, Town Lane Chartham Hatch Canterbury Kent CT4 7NN, UK Tel: +44 1227 781675 Fax: +44 1227 762554 Email: bsdi@hillside.co.uk Name:______________________________________ Pay in advance by cheque or wire to our bank: National Westminster Bank PLC Company:___________________________________ P.O. Box 306, 11 The Parade, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2PT, UK Address:___________________________________ UK branch number: 60-04-27 Account Number: 98203657 ___________________________________ or Credit card - only __ VISA __ Mastercard Card number: ___________________________________ Country:___________________________________ Expiry date: Telephone:_________________________________ Signature: Name & address if different from order: Fax:_______________________________________ Email:_____________________________________ +--------------------------------------------+---------+--------+---------+ | BSDI Internet Gateway Licences | Cost | Number| Totals | +--------------------------------------------+---------+--------+---------+ |Small system - 1 to 16 users | | | | | Binary licence on CDROM | 705.00| | | | Binaries + Source licence on CDROM | 2125.00| | | | Add for tape distribution | | | | | __8mm Tape __QIC-150 Tape | 35.00| | | | | | | | |Annual Support per system | | | | | Upgrades only | 145.00| | | | Upgrades/Email/Fax | 235.00| | | | Upgrades/Telephone/Email/Fax | 355.00| | | | Add for tape upgrades | 35.00| | | +--------------------------------------------+---------+--------+---------+ |Medium system - 1 to 64 users | | | | | Binary licence on CDROM | 1415.00| | | | Binaries + Source licence on CDROM | 2835.00| | | | Add for tape distribution | | | | | __8mm Tape __QIC-150 Tape | 35.00| | | | | | | | | | | | | |Annual Support per system | | | | | Upgrades only | 285.00| | | | Upgrades/Email/Fax | 375.00| | | | Upgrades/Telephone/Email/Fax | 495.00| | | | Add for tape upgrades | 35.00| | | +--------------------------------------------+---------+--------+---------+ |Large system - no limit to users | | | | | Binary licence on CDROM | 2125.00| | | | Binaries + Source licence on CDROM | 3545.00| | | | Add for tape distribution | | | | | __8mm Tape __QIC-150 Tape | 35.00| | | | | | | | | | | | | |Annual Support per system | | | | | Upgrades only | 425.00| | | | Upgrades/Email/Fax | 535.00| | | | Upgrades/Telephone/Email/Fax | 675.00| | | | Add for tape upgrades | 35.00| | | +--------------------------------------------+---------+--------+---------+ |Shipping per system | | | | | UK 14.00, Rest of Europe 29.00 | | | | +--------------------------------------------+---------+--------+---------+ | | | | TOTAL | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ | In the EU, Add 17.5% VAT | | | or write VAT number | | | (see below) | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ | | | | Total amount due in British pounds | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ We must charge VAT to all EU countries. If you are not in the UK and have a VAT number, write it in the VAT space to claim exemption. All payment must be in advance in British Pounds, cost of the exchange must be paid by the purchaser. We will try to be quicker, but please allow 28 days for delivery. Please note our shipper needs your phone number. Prices valid until 1/October/1995. -cut-end---------------------------------------------------------------------------