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sun4 7.7D: machtype

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Wed Jul 20 19:51:35 1994

To: testers@MIT.EDU
Cc: jweiss@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 19:51:22 EDT
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>

System name:		gypsy
Type and version:	SPARC/Classic 7.7D
Display type:		cgthree

What were you trying to do?
	look at the values that machtype returned, because I noticed
	that at least one of them wasn't always right.

What's wrong:
	This machine is a SPARCstation 5, not a SPARC/Classic (despite
	the above info.

	this machine is running SunOS 5.3 (Solaris 2.3) not 5.1
	(this is also incorrect on 77 SPARC/Classics

What should have happened:
	You should be able to tell what type of machine I'm on from
	the info automatically filled in by sendbug.  Machtype should
	know what it's talking about.

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
	machtype(1), but it could probably use a little updating too.

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