Hi. I'm definitely not the right person to answer this question, due to a
simple but total lack of experience with the system in question, but I'm
going to forward this to the netbsd-help mailing list in case someone in
there can help.

Good luck!


On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 02:06:22PM -0700, e marshall wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions.  Maybe you, or someopne can help me with a 
> further problem:
> 
> Re:  >"I don't see any information about any of the free Unix-like OSes 
> running on
> >the IBM RT PC. I did find a nice FAQ site for the RT, but, as noted, there
> >wasn't anything there."
> 
> FAQ S.4 claims that there was a June 1990 release of BSD 4.3 "Reno" from 
> "Source" according to "Netnews discussions," the vendor being 
> "Academic/IBM"-whatever that means.
> 
> FAQ S.4 also notes a "BSD 4.4" set for a "June 1993 release" by some vendor 
> "Not announced"  and "Not yet" (prior to 1995).  This claimed that "The 
> entire operating syystem and applicatioons are at the 4.4 level..." with 
> several exceptions.  Supposedly distribution was also supposed to be by 
> "Source."
> 
> The reason I tried to contact NETBSD was because that seems to be current, 
> and a discription of their site claims that they run an RT and that NETBSD 
> works on IBM machines. I don't know how you got my message, but I am glad 
> you did.
> 
> I need either to find out how to get into a working system (for which all 
> disks of software and all logins and passwords are lost), but which has AIX 
> 2.2.1 apparently intact on the hard drive, or (failing that) how to get new 
> OS software that can rewrite the whole hard drive.  I don't need any files 
> on the hard drive if I can get software to make this a dedicated word 
> processing work station.
> 
> My wife was given the use of this old RT PC at her college which used to use 
> it to teach fortran to computer labs full of students, but that had ceased 
> in 1994 and the professor along with all uninstalled software and 
> login-password info was lost by the time my wife was told she could have it 
> if she could use it.
> 
> In FAQ 3.0, Q 1, someone asked prior to 1995:  "I have lost my root 
> password, how can I reset it?"  A "Mark Whetzel" who seemed to be running 
> the FAQ site back then answered that he knew a way and if one would e-mail 
> him, he would send it, but that he hesitat3ed top post it on a public site.  
> I came across another comment about that, and actually talked with someone 
> at a site who said he had written down the procedure and would try to find 
> it.  But I didn't here from him again, yet.  Nor did my attempts to find 
> Mark Whetzel at the 1994 phone number listed at the end of each section of 
> the FAQ was useless.
> 
> I understand that Academic Operating System (AOS) was one other OS that has 
> worked on RTs in the past.  But I don't know how to get a download, or get 
> it onto 1.2 mgb 5 and 1/4" floppies.  My new PIII could take the download 
> and record to CD or 3 and 1/2" but I can't even transfer the RT 5 and 1/2" 
> temporarily to the PIII machine because the hookup is different. But if 
> anyone has an OS without a machine, and can spare it, I'd be glad to return 
> it after reloading this RT PC Model 115 (6151-desktop)and making copies.
> 
> Of course, the simpler and better solution is to find siomeone who can tell 
> me how to get through the login/password problem.  I am not a hacker, or 
> even a "computer person," but neither is my wife.  I'm just trying to help 
> her out.
> 
> Thank anyone who hears of my quest for your advice and/or other help.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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