From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30509 invoked from network); 19 Jun 2022 08:53:27 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Jun 2022 08:53:27 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292A140D54; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:53:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com (mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2f]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F3E240D52 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:53:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com with SMTP id e20so7913401vso.4 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:53:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=yheNDVhi1Uy7DM9fYnPZK0F6I129PYDv3W+Nk0qt5M0=; b=CrX5gYa4AKerwbZAVYOQGEncy62IUBYQyVVPB24Wat4tbjeFunijixdYVMnHkNxyPR HlS6X+f6setebDJxUCkAJDj2Tt6SAMlSDfbE7nU6yQ8B7nKISpt2ZfiWgqO1SEimnA4U zA6gpWaBVXHMRIgxKFJkT6eK7qFrBY8t/fMVvBUdMM1GVhnBcDkooQnlUkFCqhwPc9qp ptDssvsgfLqGhzPZCb9GJfCszfyjOAc01MikQHF75r/bJHkQm6JCDnSbxDhFRCLgfg26 qctAs4xR5IRdp3qGZAI5rfCgNqEbZpOJw6jtlYW4thdNj3dXoKaCorqt8yCrjM0hwsZC OblA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=yheNDVhi1Uy7DM9fYnPZK0F6I129PYDv3W+Nk0qt5M0=; b=B1l5lQMdKZ1tVjruAyeZqWZkYCbkJ1CenSL/2FWYpJoz7CvXghFbHWK8o8hO/8fycU wmIk5k7MI97Pr72ZmyBxALgw7zUvvnadKRMSVaMNU8M7Is0xU9vnjEjvaiUt2mqfh8sL a+wVkPsbImuEkT5h3wy4OZjhc/W/Eb5XJMzS7UP5Ugp7wYI++GJWdCENCjuOVSXIeQbV S0JSlYGWNrAzxQah6Vo0xbfIFKFerkeOeAh2xP5kHnYTegAWxGOHPpdI0h07pPYuJ/6Z aC6zriwKeFaKqOWN6PBmgY+gbgLPz1zPKWCs7qDN3Yrw4+xoaa9qCIRaczr7sBKmq2Np krOA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora8FAe0W0j7CHcVBuBP+gVRb4W0BlBzmZ/ykUpYkMQBFVmyqGAof KBIowCndFaZAumAA6bUHagihyMTOSdNIXdxcwNIuznuG X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1tXt/7BRj0SJluef8HHxtXnmi+nkZs+wMkVluDHMT3csEMwCNsNpkMA4jubqmh3du4ZFytdo7dUsKI9PAPK+jE= X-Received: by 2002:a67:b805:0:b0:341:d950:d94b with SMTP id i5-20020a67b805000000b00341d950d94bmr7252905vsf.59.1655628794292; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:53:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Rob Pike Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:53:03 +1000 Message-ID: To: Angelo Papenhoff Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000029efb405e1c91e7e" Message-ID-Hash: JBXUTOILXXM3CGT5NZJII6VFZ4DQVZL7 X-Message-ID-Hash: JBXUTOILXXM3CGT5NZJII6VFZ4DQVZL7 X-MailFrom: robpike@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: forgotten versions List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000029efb405e1c91e7e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Aha, yes, my mistake, sorry about that. I bet I misread that mail because of the mention of a Sun port, which put me in a nostalgic (read: resentful) mood. Anyway, knowing about the Plan 9 VAX kernel might be interesting, but the kernel itself was not. -rob On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 6:17 PM Angelo Papenhoff wrote: > I wasn't talking about Plan 9, but it's interesting to know that there > was an attempt at a VAX kernel. > > On 19/06/22, Rob Pike wrote: > > The VAX Plan 9 kernel isn't worth anything. It never worked, was never > > used, and was abandoned completely when better SMP machines started > > appearing. The VAX code wasn't even ported, as I remember it; Ken and I > > started over from scratch with a pair of 4-core SGI machines with MIPS > CPUs > > and wackadoo synchronization hardware. > > > > -rob > --00000000000029efb405e1c91e7e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Aha, yes, my mistake, sorry about that. I bet I misread th= at mail because of the mention of a Sun port, which put me in a nostalgic (= read: resentful) mood.

Anyway, knowing about the Plan 9 = VAX kernel might be interesting, but the kernel itself was not.
<= br>
-rob


On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 6:17 PM Ange= lo Papenhoff <aap@papnet.eu> wro= te:
I wasn't= talking about Plan 9, but it's interesting to know that there
was an attempt at a VAX kernel.

On 19/06/22, Rob Pike wrote:
> The VAX Plan 9 kernel isn't worth anything. It never worked, was n= ever
> used, and was abandoned completely when better SMP machines started > appearing. The VAX code wasn't even ported, as I remember it; Ken = and I
> started over from scratch with a pair of 4-core SGI machines with MIPS= CPUs
> and wackadoo synchronization hardware.
>
> -rob
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