From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f9d10ae1 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:43:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0A2739C22C; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:43:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80B09C14A; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:42:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6D7CF9C14A; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:42:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mercury.lcs.mit.edu (mercury.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.122]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ECA329C102 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:42:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 11178) id 14CBB18C083; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:42:44 -0500 (EST) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Message-Id: <20200122184244.14CBB18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:42:44 -0500 (EST) From: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Unix quix X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > From: Warner Losh > this predates everything except Whirlwind which I can't find a paper for. Given the 'Whirlwind is a ringer' comment, I asssume this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlwind_I< is what they mean. Pretty interesting machine, if you study its instruction set, BTW; with no stack, subroutines are 'interesting'. Noel