[TUHS] Booting v6
Kenneth Stailey
kstailey at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 6 23:16:03 AEST 2004
--- Bill Cunningham <billc_2 at charter.net> wrote:
> I was looking through the old archives at the old UNIX Dennis Ritchie
> submitted. I would like to know how to boot this. I can't seem to compile
> the PDP emulator(s) with djgpp or a non-linux system.
Look on this page for the link that says "Windows executables"
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/
> I can with my linux.
> Dennis said this version of unix was compiled with assembly, then into C if
> I'm not mistaken.
You are mistaken. It's the other way around. Traditional C compilers generate
assembly which is assembled into machine code object files which are linked
into an executable.
> Now the PDPs they were the machines with no monitors just
> printer tty type output correct?
Depends on the PDP you are talking about. The term "Programmed Data Processor"
refers to a large number of different systems. Some are a small as PeeCees and
others filled entire rooms.
> Bill
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