KHD@PSUVMA.BITNET (The Kzinti Ambassador, M.P.) (01/29/88)
In article <20143@amdcad.AMD.COM>, rpw3@amdcad.AMD.COM (Rob Warnock) says: > >+--------------- >| Doesn't ANYONE remember the Dual System 83? It was the first 68000 >| based UNIX (a V7 kernel with 2.8 BSD utilities, introduced in >| November 1981), and it did indeed use the S-100 (IEEE-696) bus, >| and 8-1/2 inch floppy drives. >+--------------- > >Uh... Eric, let's compare dates. The Fortune System 32:16 was also introduced >in November 1981, at COMDEX, so which was "first"? (The 32:16 was a 68000-based >Unix, with a V7 + 4.1bsd kernel, with 4.1 + System-III utilities. Came with an >800k 5-1/4" floppy and a 5 meg 5-1/4" wini. The MMU was a proprietary base+limit >segmentation type [4 segments: text/data/extra/stack], since no Motorola chips >were available... for several years!) > >Granted, we weren't S-100... ;-} > > >Rob Warnock >Systems Architecture Consultant > >UUCP: {amdcad,fortune,sun,attmail}!redwood!rpw3 >ATTmail: !rpw3 >DDD: (415)572-2607 >USPS: 627 26th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403 This is not bizarre. GET IT THE HELL OUT OF TALK.BIZARRE!!! I, not being a great and mighty unix.wizard, can edit the news line. Can you? ------- The Kzinti Ambassador, Minister Plenipotentiary =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= | Kzinti Diplomatic "Rowrbazzle." | =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= jck@psuecla # khd@psuvma # jck@psueclb # kzp@psuvma # jck@psueclc