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From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey)
Subject: [TUHS] NUXI Problem
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 06:28:33 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171108202833.GA24833@minnie.tuhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJfiPzxd0BBfv3kc85WCDi3zOYBRWeSiGSZHsynabB-1okXRQg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Nemo wrote:
>What was that story about porting an early UNIX to a machine with
>different char polarity?  I dimly recall only a few problems.

The NUXI problem on the Interdata 7/32, when the University of Wollongong
did the port of Sixth Edition.

I can't find a link to the actual story, but from memory the system
printed "NUXI" out when it was first booted.

Cheers, Warren


  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-11-08 20:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-08 16:07 [TUHS] origins of void* -- Apology! Nemo
2017-11-08 16:12 ` Warner Losh
2017-11-08 19:59   ` Ron Natalie
2017-11-08 23:33   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-11-09  1:35   ` Steve Johnson
2017-11-08 20:28 ` Warren Toomey [this message]
2017-11-08 20:38   ` [TUHS] NUXI Problem Ron Natalie
2017-11-08 20:39   ` Clem Cole
2017-11-08 23:14   ` Warren Toomey

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