From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CFE12256B for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:57:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 931254330D; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:57:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-x234.google.com (mail-lj1-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::234]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9ABA04318B for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:56:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-x234.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2d700beb60bso25802601fa.1 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:56:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1711655818; x=1712260618; darn=tuhs.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=xMVpezPL6QTHkIuZb0Pv5xvO4vFFDkHiSQh9dAbaSWI=; b=Znd/R7rKrnDpZC2w+ux+iKbXP2iGXv6cR+KGG6bO8Ty66N3tfU0nxRaLIUM8gJ6150 DWQp0Y2ys99AAxpBa41gQW+SMwTjqNPDu7evlZYjEwrvnBRla1SBFI1NuyJRTn0DKw0m 3CRetqiwrMdNKAcTPnEsSFgvT92SbC9nf0SoqZOLByg4TbqXg1DjW0eqqFchgA85Cgvu Kp1dSALtdoA5ACIP6s38hQAYBqeD4xZa+qqje1awv7pblj3ubC9FVHqFi862yaMM7x3l X3bSEruQ3v9g8C2tgI+C3/p4+uM/YUZVihfBdAv52tZcCfovA0wifNXdP2A/RBBZUxBZ Nj8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1711655818; x=1712260618; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=xMVpezPL6QTHkIuZb0Pv5xvO4vFFDkHiSQh9dAbaSWI=; b=AWNjvfh9BWkdMfPEpNlOSWdHPVeh5vqx3/HncuQ8NiixTPywz3Tcn+rPiTQu8DSqQz oFt8a4+q4Fpuw8qkAvfcTxUSavOFsnf2+TGePFddtMNgITlZ08v2G54A5Zor5pm5DBTZ +0IA+QXGFPoEffHyhDR28QzP616duI8iRHJj1fZB0dGM7rKka1gws4AwZnpZiU9lZsXQ XBN+bLII+mSwllvMkPILbyT0j/JR0JcOFFD5jCpqCOYflKJC+R4rxPVV5+ay2y2Bgqdj zUHtvABhQBtpYc32EvOZK91fOdUVkqO6hXG95YP80Lj9eRrrUOZQ+pfYpEhdLuRuqu6c 9wsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxcoI6ZnRRdHGwyWF97aIyls1c56AgvXaFQ/8XCjCZfQyqdATDy CZPqgniNIRRTShnKXBgacUzzSKQRHw31aMZU4+IRVTM8c7wXngmqQU8rIbr5Xb1J+atXvXPgB5G lJwpW5m5ZhQQ0+AIl+muMmSj7pNuybjcA X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHVT9YteJb8w5kTmItiZkM0gt9zSQaWT2hHj2dvPSrd2Z3sojDgcVhiAcPsacNIxkH5ED/NqxzNKJjVhEmTK/8= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:98d8:0:b0:2d4:49d1:38e with SMTP id s24-20020a2e98d8000000b002d449d1038emr186869ljj.28.1711655817540; Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:56:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Henry Bent Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:56:44 -0400 Message-ID: To: ron minnich Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fb7d820614bdece6" Message-ID-Hash: P2PTAUNTCZECBWEYXTGPB7NKQKJXMOCO X-Message-ID-Hash: P2PTAUNTCZECBWEYXTGPB7NKQKJXMOCO X-MailFrom: henry.r.bent@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: .globl directive -- is this a 35-bit constant? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000fb7d820614bdece6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 at 15:44, ron minnich wrote: Not entirely off track, netbsd at some point (still does?) ran on the PDP-10. Did it actually get all the way to booting? I remember the effort but I believe that its abandonment reflected the difficulty of working with a 36 bit word in a modern operating system environment. -Henry > --000000000000fb7d820614bdece6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 at 15:44, ron minnich= <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote= :
Not entirely off track, netbsd at some point (still does?) ran on= the PDP-10.

Did it actually get all the way to bo= oting?=C2=A0 I remember the effort but I believe that its abandonment refle= cted the difficulty of working with a 36 bit word in a modern operating sys= tem environment.

-Henry
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