[rescue] Stupid question time...

[Ron Pool]

On 1/22/25 02:19, silcreval via rescue wrote:
> The main issue is finding software as the archives tend to start at Solaris 2.4/2.5. We could really do with a good site for SunOS 4 software. I might have to make one :-)

There are still some SunOS 4 binaries on the net.  I know of these:

http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/sunos4/

gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/archive/sunos-4-solbourne-os-mp
If you don't have a gopher client, view that at https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/gopher.floodgap.com/1/archive/sunos-4-solbourne-os-mp

https://archive.org/details/X11R5_GNU_CD-ROM_Walnut_Creek_December_1992
I think this has SunOS 4.1.3 binaries.  It certainly has source for a tons of GNU stuff (including gcc, emacs, ghostscript) and X11R5 demos and games.

Also, you can still buy the book "Programming with GNU Software: Tools from Cygnus Support".  Book includes a CD-ROM that contains binaries for several popular UNIX systems, including Sun SPARC4 running SunOS 4.1.3, Sun SPARC4 running Solaris 2.4, HP 9000/700 running HPUX, IBM RS/6000 running AIX 3, SGI Iris/Indigo running Irix 5.3, and Alpha running Digital UNIX. Complete source code and scripts for configuration, building, and installation are also included.  Tools on the CD-ROM include GNU Emacs, gcc, GNU libraries, gdb, RCS, GNU make.  I don't know what version of gcc, emacs, etc are on the CD-ROM.
Right now, Amazon has 25 used and new copies still available and other places like Abe Books and Thriftbooks probably have copies.  Likely many of the used copies are missing the CD-ROM, so watch out for that.

                                 -- Ron
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Ron Pool