From: imp@bsdimp.com (M. Warner Losh)
Subject: [TUHS] *nixs
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:26:06 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060427.022606.62341025.imp@bsdimp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000701c66989$d8aa18e0$1901a8c0@myhome.westell.com>
In message: <000701c66989$d8aa18e0$1901a8c0 at myhome.westell.com>
"Bill Cunningham" <billcu1 at verizon.net> writes:
: This xenix and venix OS thing. Where did these OSs come from? If minix
: and BSD are direct descendants of v4,5,6,7 where does linux fit in here?
venix was a v6 port to the 8086 and pdp-11 (the Digital Professional
computers). It was notable because it ran on the Digital Rainbow 100.
Later there was a 286 port of v7. I believe venturacom created this
port.
Warner
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-27 8:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-26 23:33 Bill Cunningham
2006-04-27 0:15 ` Michael Parson
2006-04-27 0:25 ` Michael Davidson
2006-04-27 0:35 ` Warren Toomey
2006-04-27 8:26 ` M. Warner Losh [this message]
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