[TUHS] Reaction to the 3B2 at Bell Labs

[arnold at skeeve.com]

I see. Thanks!

Andrew Hume <andrew at humeweb.com> wrote:

> 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
>