[Simh] pdp11 and unix

[Nigel Williams]

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
> Also if you are
> bootstrapping from something else (like a large timesharing system from
> another manufacturer).   You might put your tools on the other system, until
> the new system could "self host."

IIRC, they felt lucky to have the PDP-7, at the beginning it was all
they had access to (easily).

For William's benefit, in those times computers were (chronically) few
in number. Anyone from that era will remember the endless booking
problems getting time on a machine of any size. If you were willing to
do the graveyard shift you gained a small amount of scheduling
flexibility (if the machine wasn't down for maintenance / resting
etc).