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 31727 invoked from network); 19 Jun 2022 09:02:37 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Jun 2022 09:02:37 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C9C40D23; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 19:02:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37DB440D15 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 19:02:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73FAC5C0090 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:02:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:02:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=papnet.eu; h=cc :content-type:date:date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to; s=fm2; t=1655629346; x=1655715746; bh=OydlpI0bDK 9FZT39CMTb6bZ3S113/bAlyeHbFUuoiL0=; b=lHMhw6RaHzPyvIKEiFPzYTYXzQ A6lyZKx9s9rWZNLz1FACRZY6TW3zRWAOUGrPMG1ZxlNVPpkMsOH46dzwT4gdTM/s Fvo/cl+Dftg0kdQIXK7Xrx/CsL4XGd3etgKh6ZZ2QBFimRMtv06kEoGOWSTk5BQk pe1XuK20AQigQ2k5iFi1iCvBYMnWQvX0FtxZooQtiFfWxotBg6VthE6UOGvDJ/Xy vl3tdb2/HgDADHeg1XKQowHtJx4+G11W6oVPrKzYSxaIDAiVxyfTa8kq1evQoUB7 38iUC7Trux9z9LleUOk4AztKJqcs8Np4gFBldRqS3Pa0VB0IZzBk+KahkBZA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:date:feedback-id :feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id :mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to :x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm2; t=1655629346; x=1655715746; bh=OydlpI0bDK9FZT39CMTb6bZ3S113 /bAlyeHbFUuoiL0=; b=OJMRwbIwYavHLqzacfDgBVgxa1Z8OhDv5FSJmHSg6/sK W+y0CnO/g6bCKd68LXZNz9hP9OBbgkxHu9W+FwTGAYszxC2YHb/r/heJhUcPhgjz Kjw0VKgOosycV1Ft7LJsMjKjsLDHUe8mVlShDnjBqwYAqFQut8aKLD6RWWTcKsuB IG45VH6KuD5fJCRxbp7zY7kG7MhxcQHE6I+PbRQriy4z5KQm41j74frhHtoIIf4f LsZZa53klxvGEacD4jvED68+D/v5ZzfX1s+SWaCnBNaDHvHdh1OnROrufNhYT+la QEiEHaIYMclcyCoSeVzXMlE7RdhQ9/Y2JXf2RbWHgA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvfedruddvledguddvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujgesthdtre dttddtvdenucfhrhhomheptehnghgvlhhoucfrrghpvghnhhhofhhfuceorggrphesphgr phhnvghtrdgvuheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepvdeigeekveetgeehheevueejhefhud eugfekfeefheehkeeuuddvkeeutdfguedvnecuffhomhgrihhnpeelphdrihhopdhgihht hhhusgdrtghomhenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpegrrghpsehprghpnhgvthdrvghu X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47c14439:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:02:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:02:23 +0200 From: Angelo Papenhoff To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Message-ID-Hash: WFD2KTZZ4IQSWE325JASPH5BCIWPQ7L5 X-Message-ID-Hash: WFD2KTZZ4IQSWE325JASPH5BCIWPQ7L5 X-MailFrom: aap@papnet.eu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: forgotten versions List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: It brings up one other question for me though: rsc made a repo of the plan 9 kernel source code (https://9p.io/sources/extra/9hist/) (which can now be found in git format too: https://github.com/0intro/9hist) But what about the non-kernel parts of the system? Is there a chance of getting the user space stuff as well? Does it even still exist? aap On 19/06/22, Rob Pike wrote: > Aha, yes, my mistake, sorry about that. I bet I misread that mail because > of the mention of a Sun port, which put me in a nostalgic (read: resentful) > mood. > > Anyway, knowing about the Plan 9 VAX kernel might be interesting, but the > kernel itself was not. > > -rob > > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 6:17 PM Angelo Papenhoff wrote: > > > I wasn't talking about Plan 9, but it's interesting to know that there > > was an attempt at a VAX kernel. > > > > On 19/06/22, Rob Pike wrote: > > > The VAX Plan 9 kernel isn't worth anything. It never worked, was never > > > used, and was abandoned completely when better SMP machines started > > > appearing. The VAX code wasn't even ported, as I remember it; Ken and I > > > started over from scratch with a pair of 4-core SGI machines with MIPS > > CPUs > > > and wackadoo synchronization hardware. > > > > > > -rob > >