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_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7802 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2023 19:37:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Feb 2023 19:37:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120CE42287; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:37:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ed1-x534.google.com (mail-ed1-x534.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::534]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED36942284 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:37:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-x534.google.com with SMTP id i34so20949759eda.7 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:37:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=G1WPLNYbdOHOeQOu++oNJQFKyzW79gdXN9dPzuSap4M=; b=EtuakC+5o0p01PyRBkUcumlp35TL5la2k4hgAHOImXj50RUcf5qL8D4u4X9+Uc3Obg W7UZdnjy4VyxDLQ5GFU33YUsLAa19d0mq5TTZRSsMSpmCGwZGM607EC6oVe6xoz7ib4x AT+pEgPjyq8Siinm9DjMwURNNfdwN+jZKbDvl0g2IxUlYKfAGJjBR9w6S9QdX/yRz9eW CzsD0pQgFMtlLgphlHnK9tyMqKb0HpgWch2QpsNshKmaTdEOPPBScdHuVn+K3uWNqSxh +nyQ02Q2KYRRGeQnPy+Ujk6jZWHenIl212hRWUwTUBqi/+1v7GKM+bdDJ6ER4f4gEj0d 2iqg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=G1WPLNYbdOHOeQOu++oNJQFKyzW79gdXN9dPzuSap4M=; b=Qxqb3g0Vzwiid4odfi4t9bmlsliNaIdA6YCiVU1Hoc61I9nLi7FRydbMia0XnMOdDl 2YYdfNnbxIf8QXywqc5vOOh8dt3rAmaaCUZQwoF6GsC93Db0MfF6hF9Zth07jjEBI7FR N4ccf0JiHx2zzUAHINv0lEo97FXvC31oJUVPEojgDFx2Q+kC4GyohKyF9hop4+gjyS96 dKzwucQ0xLCeFGlq9G6nQMSsP+XSc1Vx4SebUIOlRFJlaWLPaIWMOtimDZfaXS1qA9dJ EG6SGP+Xc/TtnJ6jBICx8EUAgC6kpzpLRQQ2R6ZGaPK4e5xTb7TbGSIROKmdvOOty+x/ H1HQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKV5MzliddI+epOAA3RsEtklKQGCKVkNsOADVi+usx5ZOktbPKBd hUd2hyWcR6ZBt70TN8UhNZTpnp+P//MagPSexjK1vo/BVIbCiw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8nOkWAPU1sgI6sFjD5xMJrj3aTZWl6pcy7V6+UErQk0UnK2kMqohQAra2yF3CBOeXLbaXAWw6t6PoXDk1PUbg= X-Received: by 2002:a50:c016:0:b0:4af:601d:ad1 with SMTP id r22-20020a50c016000000b004af601d0ad1mr3384452edb.0.1677181064287; Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:37:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7wcz60x5ae.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> In-Reply-To: <7wcz60x5ae.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:37:33 -0700 Message-ID: To: Lars Brinkhoff Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000008fa77b05f5632502" Message-ID-Hash: VOVRTUQ3CQJIISWKH4TIAHIU3LNEQBQA X-Message-ID-Hash: VOVRTUQ3CQJIISWKH4TIAHIU3LNEQBQA X-MailFrom: wlosh@bsdimp.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: segaloco , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the SGS (System Generation Software) and COFF (Common Object File Format) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000008fa77b05f5632502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:30 PM Lars Brinkhoff 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 --0000000000008fa77b05f5632502 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:30 PM Lars= Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> w= rote:
Clem Cole = wrote:
> MIT had a modified a.out format for the NU machine ports - that might<= br> > have been called b.out.=C2=A0 CMU had macho which again was an extende= d
> a.out but even more flexible.

Digital Research's GEMDOS also used a modified a.out format (at least a= s
found on the Atari ST), pretty much the original PDP-11 format with
32-bit addresses.

MIT's PCC ports t= o various micros, especailly x86, also used b.out that was quite similar to= a.out.

Warner=C2=A0
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