From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To: Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org>
Cc: segaloco <segaloco@protonmail.com>,
The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the SGS (System Generation Software) and COFF (Common Object File Format)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:37:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANCZdfrjLur0mnq4YtyXERkH4X-Utf3_ZF4TBY3hno4R=vrc1g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7wcz60x5ae.fsf@junk.nocrew.org>
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:30 PM Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> wrote:
> Clem Cole wrote:
> > MIT had a modified a.out format for the NU machine ports - that might
> > have been called b.out. CMU had macho which again was an extended
> > a.out but even more flexible.
>
> Digital Research's GEMDOS also used a modified a.out format (at least as
> found on the Atari ST), pretty much the original PDP-11 format with
> 32-bit addresses.
>
MIT's PCC ports to various micros, especailly x86, also used b.out that was
quite similar to a.out.
Warner
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-22 20:16 [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2023-02-22 22:20 ` [TUHS] " Clem Cole
2023-02-23 0:17 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-02-23 6:30 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2023-02-23 14:25 ` KenUnix
2023-02-23 19:37 ` Warner Losh [this message]
2023-02-24 17:01 ` Rich Salz
2023-02-23 16:49 ` Paul Winalski
2023-02-23 18:38 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-02-23 20:40 ` Paul Winalski
2023-02-24 12:45 ` arnold
2023-02-24 13:13 ` Arno Griffioen via TUHS
2023-02-25 19:28 ` arnold
2023-02-25 19:34 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2023-02-24 14:01 ` Harald Arnesen
2023-02-25 2:07 ` Dave Horsfall
2023-02-25 15:30 ` Clem Cole
2023-02-25 17:29 ` Paul Winalski
2023-02-23 15:13 Noel Chiappa
2023-02-23 21:37 Paul Ruizendaal
2023-02-23 22:11 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-02-24 0:07 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-02-25 20:14 Brian Walden
2023-02-26 15:51 Paul Winalski
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