[pups] Re: History of 32-bit UNIX (was History of 2 BSD)

[dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dennis Ritchie wrote:

>  > I believe the Wollongong port predated the one at Bell Labs.  Peter
>  > Gray tells me he still has the original machine they used, and he'd
>  > like to find a museum-like place to keep it.  No idea whether it
>  > runs.  Greg Rose should know a lot more about this matter.  Greg, are
>  > you out there?
>
> Having the original Wollongong Interdata 7/32 might
> be interesting to the Computer History museum, though
> it might be expensive to transport it across the Pacific.

Perhaps this would be a better home for it:

http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/museum.htm

> As for dates: the Wollongong port was essentially
> contemporaneous with ours, certainly independent, [...]

I recall that they were aware of the 8/32 work, but couldn't use it,
because of the different architectures.

> Greg Rose is definitely still extant.

And I'll probably be seeing him on Friday (assuming he's in the country).

-- Dave