19 Dec
2023
19 Dec
'23
2:44 a.m.
Are there any documented or remembered instances PDP-7 or Interdata 8/32 UNIX being
installed on any such machines for use in the Bell System aside from their original hosts?
Along similar lines, was the mention of PDP-7 UNIX also supporting the PDP-9 based solely
on consistencies in the architecture or did this early version of UNIX actually get
bootstrapped on a real PDP-9 at some point?
My understanding of the pre-3B-and-VAX landscape of UNIX in the Bell System is
predominantly PDP-11 systems, but there was also work in the late 70s regarding 8086 hosts
as evidenced in some BSTJ and other publications, and there is the System/370 work
(Holmdel?) which I don't know enough about to say whether it technically starts
before or after UNIX touches the VAX.
Thanks for any info!
- Matt G.