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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_MESSAGE,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 9044bb67 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:09:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0DFF59B7AE; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:09:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA0F94BD4; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:08:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 577BD94BD4; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:08:47 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 379 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:08:45 AEST Received: from fbo-3.mxes.net (fbo-3.mxes.net [198.205.123.65]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B57F94BCD for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:08:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-1.mxes.net (smtp-out-1.mxes.net [205.237.194.119]) by fbi-3.mxes.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58B0927399 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:02:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 34ED527506 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:02:23 -0400 (EDT) From: To: "'The Eunuchs Hysterical Society'" Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:02:21 -0400 Message-ID: <27f401d53834$51101140$f33033c0$@ronnatalie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_27F5_01D53812.C9FEBF60" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Content-Language: en-us Thread-Index: AdU4MyYP5d9SSmdCRMS36k6CFKwVLw== X-Sent-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] Interactive Systems (was Pcc for 386) 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_27F5_01D53812.C9FEBF60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interactive Systems. Now there=E2=80=99s a name I=E2=80=99ve not heard = in many a year. Heinz Lycklama went there. The did a couple of things, a straight UNIX port to various things = (PDP-11, 386) and also there =E2=80=9CUNIX running under VMS=E2=80=9D = product. They also had their own version of the Rand Editor called = =E2=80=9CINed=E2=80=9D that was happiest on this hacked version of a = Perkin Elmer terminal. Early versions were PWB UNIX based if I recall. My first job out of college was working with IS Unix on an 11/70 playing = configuration management (essentially all the PWB stuff). I also = hacked the line printer spooler and the .mm macro package to do = classification markings (this was a part of a government contract). =20 A few years later I was given the job of porting Interactive Systems = UNIX that was already running on an i386 (an Intel 310 system which had = a Multibus I) to an Intel Multibus II box. Intel had already ported = it once, but nobody seemed to be able to find the source code. So = with a fresh set of the source code for the old system from IS, I = proceeded to reverse engineer/port the code to the Message Passing = Coprocessor. (Intel was not real forthcoming for documentation for = that either). Eventually, I got it to work (the Multibus II really was = a pleasant bus and worked well with UNIX). I went on to write drivers = for a 9-track tape drive (which sat in my living room for a long time), = a Matrox multibus II framebuffer (OK, that had problems), and a SCSI = host adapter that was talking to this kludge device that captured = digital data from a FLIR on uMatic cassettes (but that=E2=80=99s a = different story). =20 ------=_NextPart_000_27F5_01D53812.C9FEBF60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Interactive Systems.=C2=A0=C2=A0 Now there=E2=80=99s a = name I=E2=80=99ve not heard in many a year.=C2=A0 Heinz Lycklama went = there.

The did a couple of things, a = straight UNIX port to various things (PDP-11, 386) and also there = =E2=80=9CUNIX running under VMS=E2=80=9D product.

They also had their own version of the Rand Editor = called =E2=80=9CINed=E2=80=9D that was happiest on this hacked version = of a Perkin Elmer terminal.

Early = versions were PWB UNIX based if I recall.


My first job out of college was working with IS = Unix on an 11/70 playing configuration management (essentially all the = PWB stuff).=C2=A0=C2=A0 I also hacked the line printer spooler and the = .mm macro package to do classification markings (this was a part of a = government contract).

 

A few years = later I was given the job of porting Interactive Systems UNIX that was = already running on an i386 (an Intel 310 system which had a Multibus I) = to an Intel Multibus II box.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Intel had already ported = it once, but nobody seemed to be able to find the source = code.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 So with a fresh set of the source code for the = old system from IS, I proceeded to reverse engineer/port the code to the = Message Passing Coprocessor.=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Intel was not real forthcoming = for documentation for that either).=C2=A0=C2=A0 Eventually, I got it to = work (the Multibus II really was a pleasant bus and worked well with = UNIX).=C2=A0=C2=A0 I went on to write drivers for a 9-track tape drive = (which sat in my living room for a long time), a Matrox multibus II = framebuffer (OK, that had problems), and a SCSI host adapter that was = talking to this kludge device that captured digital data from a FLIR on = uMatic cassettes (but that=E2=80=99s a different = story).

 

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