11 Aug
2002
11 Aug
'02
12:37 a.m.
On 08/10/2002 04:54:16 PM MST Al Kossow wrote:
Hmm, but where is it? :-)
regards,
chris
I see there no version for the Z8000 but for the
16032. Was there
really a Z8000 version?
http://www.lcs.mit.edu/about/architects.html
"Fortunately for Ward, by 1980 the community of computer researchers
had grown from a few labs to a few dozen---and for the most part, the
research community was moving in one particular direction: UNIX, the
castrated Multics operating system that had been spawned from Bell
Labs. UNIX was loved because it was small and portable, which meant
that it would be easy for Ward to get the operating system running on
the NuMachine. The group got the UNIX source code from Bell Labs and
ported the operating system to three different microprocessors: the
Zilog Z8000, the Intel 8086, and the Motorola 68000. Although it
would not be clear for several years, by building a single-user
computer with a bitmapped display, a network interface, and a
powerful microprocessor, Ward's group had just created one of the
world's first UNIX workstations.
"