[Simh] KE11A support patch
Rich Alderson
simh at alderson.users.panix.com
Tue May 6 16:06:41 EDT 2008
> From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com>
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 08:50:59 -0400
> Rich Alderson wrote:
>> I have to ask: What do you mean by "v1 unix"? The earliest versions of
>> UNIX ran on the PDP-7, and certainly did not have (PDP-11) Unibus support
>> of any kind.
> dmr himself refers to it as "1st edition". I guess v1 is not accurate,
> sorry.
> It's the first edition ("1ed") unix which ran on a pdp-11/20 with EAE.
Thanks for the clarification. dmr has indicated in other contexts that
there were at least 2 releases on the PDP-7 before they started the PDP-11
experiment.
Unfortunately none of the PDP-7 source media survived the move to the new
architecture. There is some hope that a listing of the 2nd release lives
somewhere in Ken Thompson's archives.
> The project is know as "unix-jun72" because that's the date of the memo
> which published a listing of the kernel source code.
That is very definitely cool, and indicates what might be done if we ever
find a '7 listing.
Rich
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