[TUHS] Dennis's V6 root tape
Will Senn
will.senn at gmail.com
Sun Nov 12 07:24:45 AEST 2017
On 11/11/17 3:07 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Will Senn
>
> > I then extracted 101 blocks from the image (tmrk, a bootblock, and who
> > knows what else, but seriously what else is on those first 100 blocks?)
>
> http://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_UNIX_Sixth_Edition#Installation_tape_contents
>
> > I thought the Ken Wellsch tape was basically the same as the Dennis
> > Ritchie disks, but now I'm not so sure
>
> http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/V6Unix.html#Initial
>
> > Makes me curious to see what else is different.
>
> Nothing.
>
> Noel
Thanks Noel. I remember reading this way, way back, before I even knew
what an RK05 was! I do love reinventing the wheel every couple of years.
Still, I'm learning interesting stuff this go-round and I'm glad it
wasn't my own notes :).
Will
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