> The thing about DEC's Unix on the Alpha was that it never ran on either > the MIPS or VAX.... It was essentially OSF/1 with some DEC > customizations and a custom compiler.
So I just spent a little time digging when I should have been writing. And it's all your fault :-) Seriously, you're essentially right. The history is more rich than I had realized. - In the begining (well once Olsen got over his anti-UNIX thing), there was ULTRIX on the 11, the VAX and MIPS. - When DEC decided to swich from ULTRIX to OSF/1, it started its development on MIPS. - To what extent OSF/1 on MIPS was seen in the wild is not clear. Claims range from, it was never officially released to, support for MIPS existed in the source tree for several versions. - When Alpha was released, OSF/1 was the UNIX for it. - When OSF (at least as an OS purveyor) imploded, DEC changed the name to Digital UNIX. - When the farm was sold to Compaq, it was again renamed to Tru64. But I stray OT. Sorry. BLS
