[pups] Re: History of 32-bit UNIX (was History of 2 BSD)

Toby Thain tobyhome at telegraphics.com.au
Tue Nov 11 23:08:21 AEST 2003


On 11/11/2003, at 3:01 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>
>>> I believe the Wollongong port predated the one at Bell Labs.  Peter
>>> Gray tells me he still has the original machine they used, and he'd
>>> like to find a museum-like place to keep it.  No idea whether it
>>> runs.  Greg Rose should know a lot more about this matter.  Greg, are
>>> you out there?
>>
>> Having the original Wollongong Interdata 7/32 might
>> be interesting to the Computer History museum, though
>> it might be expensive to transport it across the Pacific.
>
> Perhaps this would be a better home for it:
>
> http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/museum.htm

It would not be a safe home until they have solved their eviction  
problem (now due for mid-Dec 2003):
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196515142.html
and http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/

Given the significance of the machine in question, IMHO it would be  
safer in care of private individuals until an Australian computer  
museum is funded -
http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/ 
ACMS%20Prospectus%20rec%20on%2005Feb2003.htm

Toby



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