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, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16491 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2022 13:00:19 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Mar 2022 13:00:19 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4CC859D66B; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 23:00:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B0C9D605; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:58:40 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=utah.edu header.i=@utah.edu header.b="am/dNOyj"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8F14B9D5FB; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:58:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ipo8.cc.utah.edu (ipo8.cc.utah.edu [155.97.144.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD6359D5FB for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:58:28 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=utah.edu; i=@utah.edu; q=dns/txt; s=UniversityOfUtah; t=1647262708; x=1678798708; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id; bh=N3mCivR7SXvS2P8LNfTTJc4YCs8L2ECSBDq4qaS6sis=; b=am/dNOyj0mSfZkpqJ7HQdym6p7R6g9YtQQNR6OMN/TnZR1IFRUzY/4GB i95stT9Q9FUviEqX6ERVbe75bn+Li65IBPIk/Lap1XPsK9jP0xCyhLj1w jOaDCxKR4xl+rrHbbkS3dgSgJeJcURjooq1sjyTuOYzWlpcc7pLwcaXTy f+gFExcdO9pq4lRDsasPQRTDYCCEuMvN46gH+9lR8zxPO1LDK745/M6kV CrN0VnW+ZRS9ZnlOPFYTIyurYhoca+WxMXExZQEQgpD7yElU+ar5hWVHZ KSwQ3mvvlVYv6FVyF6OCh1gOLT41inFmlRLUGqhblwxdeRYtm2IKYpMBC w==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,10285"; a="350609946" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,180,1643698800"; d="scan'208";a="350609946" Received: from mail.math.utah.edu ([155.101.98.135]) by ipo8smtp.cc.utah.edu with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 Mar 2022 06:58:26 -0600 Received: from gamma.math.utah.edu (gamma.math.utah.edu [155.101.96.20]) by mail.math.utah.edu (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 22ECwO9h009920; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:58:24 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gamma.math.utah.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gamma.math.utah.edu (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTP id 22ECwONO016794; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:58:24 -0600 Received: (from beebe@localhost) by gamma.math.utah.edu (8.15.1/8.15.1/Submit) id 22ECwOoF016793; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:58:24 -0600 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:58:24 -0600 From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" To: "The Unix Heritage Society mailing list" X-US-Mail: "Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB, University of Utah, 155 S 1400 E RM 233, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA" X-Telephone: +1 801 581 5254 X-FAX: +1 801 581 4148 X-URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe Message-ID: X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.8 (mail.math.utah.edu [155.101.98.135]); Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:58:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [TUHS] [tuhs] PDP-11 and early Unix X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Although the story is well known to members of this list, there is a nice compact history of the PDP-11 and early Unix at this new article: A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomputer of all time https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-11-the-most-influential-minicomputer-of-all-time/ It describes PDP-11 assembly language, and shows the booting of a Unix system on a simh instance. It also includes the famous picture of Dennis and Ken at a PDP-11 console, and concludes with a link to an online text of a book about PDP-11 assembly language programming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@acm.org beebe@computer.org - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------