From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:36:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [pups] Bob's emulator and ultrix In-Reply-To: <1145447140.10479.2.camel@morden.cc.vt.edu> References: <20060419004654.GA38557@minnie.tuhs.org> <20060419011004.X3950@dynamite.narpes.com> <1145447140.10479.2.camel@morden.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: <4471.134.198.172.102.1145457388.squirrel@www.cs.scranton.edu> > On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 01:42 +0000, Charlie ROOT wrote: >> By the way, are there releases of Xenix that run on PDP-hardware? >> I've only ever heard of PC (8086+)-based ones. > > In my memory, it seems that Xenix was originally done for the Motorola > 68000 then ported to the Intel x86 architecture. The first real "Unix" > I ever ran, by the way, was Microsoft Xenix on a Motorola 68000 based > Tandy 6000. I do not believe that Xenix *ever* ran on PDP based > hardware. My 1985 PDP11 Software Sourcebook lists XENIX for the PDP11 as being available from SCO. It also lists Venix as available for other than just the Pro. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill at cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include