From: unix@deranged.schneider.org (Rik Schneider)
Subject: [TUHS] Zilog Z80 Unix
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:32:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKr56SwoZK9ADmrVTLJtFfmSP49NtEWd=CJVvo=fd-cuh=G5ZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170420030913.A3CDF124AEAA@mail.bitblocks.com>
Cromix was the name of Cromenco's Unix Like OS.
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/crom/cromix.jpg
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul at bitblocks.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:42:42 PDT "Erik E. Fair" <fair-tuhs at netbsd.org> wrote:
>> I have a memory of having seen a Zilog Z-80 (not Z8002 like the Onyx) based =
>> Unix, possibly v6, at a vendor show or conference - perhaps the West Coast =
>> Computer Faire (WCCF) in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
>>
>> I recall asking the people in the booth how they managed without an MMU, and
>> don't recall their answer. I do remember thinking that since Unix had "grown
>> up" with MMUs to stomp on obvious pointer mistakes, the software ought to be
>> relatively well-behaved ... you know: not trying to play "core war" with =
>> itself?
>>
>> I searched the TUHS archives cursorily with Google to see if this has been
>> previously mentioned, but pretty much all Z80 CPU references have for its use
>> in "smart" I/O devices back in the day.
>>
>> Does anyone else remember this Z80 Unix and who did it? Or maybe that it was
>> a clone of some kind ... ?
>>
>> looking for a little history,
>>
>> Erik Fair
>
> You may be thinking of Cromemco.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-20 4:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-20 1:42 Erik E. Fair
2017-04-20 2:54 ` Jason Stevens
2017-04-20 3:09 ` Bakul Shah
2017-04-20 3:40 ` Gregg Levine
2017-04-20 4:34 ` Bakul Shah
2017-04-20 4:50 ` Warner Losh
2017-04-20 7:03 ` Wesley Parish
2017-04-20 7:32 ` Wesley Parish
2017-04-20 4:32 ` Rik Schneider [this message]
2017-04-20 13:05 ` Clem Cole
2017-04-22 21:07 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-22 23:59 ` Clem cole
2017-04-23 0:01 ` Clem cole
2017-04-23 0:13 ` Larry McVoy
2017-04-24 0:04 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-04-24 0:40 ` Larry McVoy
2017-04-23 5:14 ` Wesley Parish
2017-04-23 5:14 ` Wesley Parish
2017-04-20 21:32 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-20 21:59 ` Larry McVoy
2017-04-20 22:33 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-04-20 23:28 ` Pete Turnbull
2017-04-20 23:19 ` Harald Arnesen
2017-04-21 0:03 ` Andy Kosela
2017-04-23 17:58 ` Michael Welle
2017-04-20 12:34 Noel Chiappa
2017-04-20 13:41 ` Mutiny
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