We (INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.) also did a port of UNIX to IBM's VM/370 for IBM in the mid 1980's. Also ported UNIX to Hitachi's mainframe in the late 1980's, although it's not mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Systems_Corporation Heinz On 10/31/2019 6:51 AM, Tom Lyon wrote: > The Bell Labs 370 port was different, it was based on running inside > of TSS/370, which was an IBM OS which hardly anyone besides Bells's > ESS group used. > > Clem can tell us all about the IBM/Locus port to the 370.  And maybe > there was another IBM port?? > > Much later, Sun ported Solaris to the Hitachi HDS 370 clones (for > Hitachi), and then to Amdahl clones for Amdahl/Fujitsu. > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 12:51 AM > wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > Kudos for making these things available. The links are great reading > as well. > > I have the strong impression that this is different from the port > at Bell Labs described in the 1984 BSTJ article; can you confirm? > > Warren, can you add the links into the README or whatever that's > in the archive? > > Thanks, > > Arnold > > Tom Lyon > wrote: > > > Hi, folks. Tom Lyon here - this UNIX 370 stuff was recovered by > Stephen at > > LCM+L from DECtapes that I've had sitting around for 40+ years. > > You can read all about the Princeton/Amdahl project here: > > https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/12/370unixpart1/ > > > > If anyone wants to get serious with the code, you'll need > Hercules with a > > VM/370 image as well as a PDP-11 emulator running V6. There's > not a lot > > beyond the kernel, I got the shell working enough to prove that fork > > worked, and then ran out of steam because of the awful communication > > problems between the PDP and the IBM.  [ But that was my start as a > > networking guy ]. I personally haven't had time to do anything > with the > > recovered bits. > > > > I've been lurking on TUHS for a while - a special Hi to Ken > Thompson and > > Steve Johnson. I owe a lot to each of them. Read about my summer > at Bell > > with the Interdata 8/32 here: > https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/16/belllabspart1/ > > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 9:04 PM Warren Toomey > wrote: > > > > > All, the second Unix artifact that I've been waiting to > announce has > > > arrived. This time the LCM+L is announcing it. It's not the > booting PDP-7. > > > > > > So, cast your eyes on > https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/IBM/370/ > > > > > > Cheers, Warren > > > > > > P.S Thanks to Stephen Jones for this as well. > > > > > > > > > -- > > - Tom > > > > -- > - Tom