AIX related request (Apple Network Server)

[Leografix]

Hello.

As I was able to upgrade my Apple Network Server 500/132 a bit I would like to use it again as... well, server! For this project I am looking for helpful hints where to find pre-compiled binaries or the compilable source code for the following parts:

PHP, Perl and MySQL.

The special thing about this: I do NOT plan to use NetBSD or YDL on that box but the original AIX for Apple Network Servers 4.1.5 - was lucky enough to find that one out there in the net. Most of the archives I know provide versions only for AIX 4.3 or higher which is of no use to me. Besides this I am still looking for the AIX distribution fixes Apple once provided on their servers for free. I know about sites like Bull´s freeware and else but - as already mentioned - AIX 4.3 is the lowest level offered there.

Any help - even in handling some parts of that old AIX on the ANS - is very welcome! Thanks for any reply!

 

[ClassicHasClass]

Leo, try

http://www.computer-refuge.org/classiccmp/aixpdslib/

This is where most of my ANS' software came from. They also have gcc and egcs which should help you compile later versions if you need.

 

[ChristTrekker]

Once upon a time I was partially successful in getting pkgsrc working on my ANS. Built a few "modern" packages with it. I sold that ANS and probably have the packages archived on a drive somewhere, but I'm afraid that's not much help. So I post this by way of saying you might give pkgsrc a try. AIX isn't the most well-supported platform, and 4.1.5 is very old, but it does work after a fashion.