john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (03/20/85)
[This may be in too narrow a newsgroup. If so, let me know and I post it to
the whole net.]
The February issue of UNIX REVIEW is devoted to the question of the
portability of UNIX. In an article called "The Mother of Invention" by
Stephen C. Johnson, the author talks about the first port of UNIX to a
32-bit machine- an Interdata 8/32.
He mentions some of the changes that had to be made and how this system was
later ported to the VAX and became v7.
I found the next paragraph more interesting, however:
"About the time that our port was complete, we received a
letter from Wollongong, Australia, reporting that Richard
Miller, a student, had ported the Sixth Edition UNIX system
to (surprise!) an Interdata 7/32!..."
Now as I {mis-}understand it, Perkin-Elmer's Edition VII is, in some form
or another, a descendant of the Wollongong port. If so, does anyone know
whatever became of the Bell Labs port and/or how it relates to the system
we all know and love?
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