From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: firebug@apk.net (Derrik Walker v2.0) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:02:38 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] HP 712& v6 or v7 In-Reply-To: <8D25F244B8274141B5D313CA4823F39C04147B95@red-msg-06.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Message-ID: On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 01:31 PM, Ian King wrote: > Derrik, you're missing the point: what's the fun of doing it the easy > way? :-) Seriously, though, I think you'd have a couple of serious > problems: the assembly language components (which are not inconsiderable > in V6) would need to be rewritten, and then there's also the question of > whether you could find a sufficiently "undisciplined" C compiler to > handle pre-ANSI C, to build the rest of the system. > Actually, I like playing with emulators - they use a LOT less power than real computers :) HP-UX comes with a REAL K&R c compiler that wont handle ANY ANSI stuff. It's used to rebuild the kernel, but you can use it to build K&R C programs too. That should be usable for the kernel C routines and utilities. But as you pointed out, the assembly stuff you have to be rewritten. Also, you'd have to deal with disk and tty drivers. firebug at apk.net http://junior.apk.net/~firebug --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worriers may get all the glory, but it's engineers that build societies. -- B`Elanna Torres, "Star Trek: Voyager"