From: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
To: Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org>
Cc: TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Fwd: [multicians] Dennis Ritchie's 1993 Usenet posting "BTL Leaves Multics"
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:17:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEoi9W6z8eDuuvF0wtKLyDjFYU7ymPo=N57dt5xg6WoLf96LFg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7wfrt2cr74.fsf@junk.nocrew.org>
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 11:10 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> wrote:
> Dan Cross wrote:
> > I can't resist asking about the nugget buried in here about Ken
> > writing a small kernel for the 645. Is that in the archives anywhere?
>
> As far as I understand, the code that is available is for the DPS-8M.
> I have asked around for older code. I don't remember exactly, but
> possibly 6180 era code might be around, but but unfortunately not 645.
This is, as I understand it, true for Multics. But I think that Dennis
was referring to something that wasn't Multics, or only tangentially
related, done by Ken; this would have definitely preceded the 6180
(Tom's link here:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.os.multics/c/1iHfrDJkyyE/m/Nhmar1sFRBgJ).
To quote:
> Ken even created a tiny kernel of a system for the 645, which actually printed out an equivalent of `hello world.'
This is the thing I'm curious about.
- Dan C.
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2024-06-24 14:46 ` [TUHS] " Dan Cross
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