[TUHS] Do you have any historical UNIX computers?

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Tue Jun 10 07:37:08 AEST 2025


On Mon, 9 Jun 2025, Henry Bent wrote:

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> I'm looking forward to the answer from others on this one - what's the 
> most weird/obscure UNIX hardware you ever used?

Many decades ago I evaluated MiniUnix running on a twin-floppy (8") DEC 
box (can't remember which).  I recall that sync(2) had to be patched to 
not keep updating the inode for /dev/tty8 (the console) as otherwise it 
would wear a hole in the floppy...

-- Dave


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