[TUHS] Reaction to the 3B2 at Bell Labs

[Andrew Hume]

umm, we were porting System V to it. which was modestly straight forward.
as Skip remarked, the duplex versions (3B20D) ran DMERT, but singular
3B20’s were also common, and the plan was for them to run System V.
(as far as i can recall; this was around 1982 or so.)

> On Dec 1, 2022, at 12:53 AM, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> 
> Andrew Hume <andrew at humeweb.com> wrote:
> 
>> i was working at building 5 at murray hill in system V development land
>> when the first 3B20 arrived. the first order of business? running off to the
>> local Sears store to buy 4 car batteries so it could power up. what a hoot!
> 
> So what did the 3B20s run when they were being used in a Telco? Unix?
> Or some other specialized OS?
> 
> Or was said 3B20 a prototype before they'd been deployed to the Telcos?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Arnold