[TUHS] Of /dev/tty8

[Ron Natalie]

/dev/tty existed in Version 6 for sure.   It wasn't the console but 
rather a magic device that mapped to the processes "controlling 
terminal."

Just checked the V5 and V6 sources in the archive.   /dev/tty indeed 
showed up there.   The driver is in dmr/sys.c.



------ Original Message ------
>From "Dave Horsfall" <dave at horsfall.org>
To "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" <tuhs at tuhs.org>
Date 3/18/2024 7:13:45 AM
Subject [TUHS] Of /dev/tty8

>Evenin' all...
>
>I have a vague recollection that /dev/tty8 was the console in Edition 5
>(we only used it briefly until Ed 6 appeared), but cannot find a reference
>to it; lots of stuff about Penguin/OS though...
>
>Something to do with 0-7 being the mux, so "8" was left (remember that
>/dev/tty and /dev/console didn't exist back then), mayhaps?
>
>Thanks.
>
>-- Dave