On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Tony Duell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:38 PM, william degnan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 2/2/17 11:32 AM, william degnan wrote: > >> > All this talk about compatibility...was there ever UNIX made for the > PDP > >> > 11/40 and RL02, or was it only run on RK05? Wouldn't all of the C and > >> wake > >> > calls, etc issues have been solved then? Why is this an issue now? > I am > >> > largely ignorant to the details but from 20000 feet it would seem like > >> this > >> > would have been taken care of long ago. No need for pre-processing > code, > >> > etc. Please educate me if I am wrong, just curious. > >> > > >> > Bill Degnan > >> > > >> > >> > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Al Kossow <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> DEC V7m comes to mind. > > > > > > Yes, but in 1974 that was not an option. I guess the 74-77 version of > UNIX > > I am just wondering where on earth you'd find an RL02 in 1974. > > -tony > You wouldn't ... so what I am saying is the issues associated with getting UNIX running on a PDP 11/40 would have been addressed on the RK05 version, a drive that was available then. Further, it'd be easier in my opinion to port *that* version, the RK05 version to RL02 rather than fix a vanilla UNIX 6 and port that to RL02. b
