SRNOXl. 4U
MaT'ch g, 19811.
IDENTIFICATION OF NEW RELEASE
Onyx Systems, Incorporated
ONIX
Release 1.4--UpgT'ade fT'om a previous release Tape Identification:~.
REASON FOR REVISION
A. Sof tware chan 9 es.
ONYX SYSTEMS, Inc.
3/2/81ONIX UPGRADE TAPE FROM RELEASES AFTER 1.0 TO RELEASE 1.4
** LICENSED USE ONLY **
To accomoddte new prom in Z800a processor board.
Two tape initial distribution system.
B. Hardware chan 9 es.
Changes to the con~iguration of the CPU card to improve electrical noise immunitYI providing greater reliabil- i t • .J.
Modification to the communications port liD processor allows for fast~r thru-put. This modification required a cOT'resp~ndin~ change in the
ONIX
kernel.C. New library support capabilities.
This versiori of the
ONIX
operating system has new libraries which provide floating point library support for language product compilers.73 East Trimble Road San Jose, California 95131 (408) 946-6330
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~. ITEMS OF WHICH TO BE AWARE A.
B.
C.
The structure or the distributed portion UNIX(tm) file system must not be modified.
software upgrades are bas~d on the structure current distributed file system.
The C Compiler (ItZCC")
software packagei it release.
is available as a is not included in
or
the Futureof! the
separate the ONIX
This release has floating point language product compilers ONLY.
floating point utilities.
library support for
It
does NOT haveUNIX
D. The on-line manual pages may differ from those supplied
in the
UNIX
Programmer's Manual. These files are located under /usr/man. The command to print these files is Ifman CitemJIIUNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.
!. PROCEDURE
FORUPGRApING
THE ONIX ENVIRONMENT FROM &PRE-
VIOUS RELE,o.SE
1. Upgrade the ONIX files by inserting the upgrade tape and logging in as "rootu.
2. enter:
# cd I <CR:>
# tar x v3 <CR:>
3. enter:
# sync 'CCR:>
# kill -1 1 <CR)
*I: sync
<CR:>
4. ,Reset the system by depressing the small red push but- ton on the back of the machine.
5. Upgrade the system bootstraps by entering:
The s~stem will respond with:
boot
enter:
: cpres
<CR:>
Answer
Y (CR>
to the query.6. At this point you nee~ to bootstrap the system by
en~ering a
<CR>,
then enter:# d~te YYMMDDhhmm to set date and time
: <CONTROL:> D
to enter the multi-user mode. The console will display the
ONIX
system promptl and is now booted and ready for use.2. PROCEDVRF FOR RECREATING THE ONIX ENVIRONMENT
It is unlikely you will have to recreate your system from tape. However, if you find it necessary to do so fol- low the instructions detailed in the Software Release Notice you initially received with your system. Then execute the upgrade instructions detailed in this document on page 3.
~. COMMANDS AVAILABLE WITH RELEASE 1.1
Allor the commands listed in the UNIX Programmer's Manual, Volume 1 are released under ONIX except Tor the Tol-
l oUJi ng:
TO BE RELEASED IN THE FUTURE
ac a\l.lk graph iostat lint lookbib noh-up plot prof pubindex refer sa aceton spline units uucp uulog uux
WILL NOT BE CONVERTED DUE TO MACHINE INCOMPATIBILITY
as (PDP11 version) bas
factor lookall mkcon-r prime roff tp vpr
The
following utilities are supplied by theONIX
operating sqstem in addition to those supplied by UNIX.tension openup
as (Z8000(tm) veT's~on)
Z8000 is a trademark of Zi logl Inc.
The following standalone utilities are supplied with the ONIX operating system.
ab Ie',
boot checksec clrstat cpres dd format getspare
getsta't;
icheck mkfs recreate restor spare
The following language products will be or are avail-
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WILL BE AVAILABLE Ryan McFarland COBOL
UCSD PASCAL
ICC
'r77 pee
All of the subroutines listed in the UNIX Programmer's Manual, Volume 1 are released under ONIX 1.4 except for the following:
liby Tor yacc libdbm
all plot libs
The following system calls are not implemented under ONIX:
lock (lock process in memory)
phys (allocate physi~al memory in process)
The following system calls have been added under ONIX:
locking brkpt ugrow
