From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id df22dc61 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:42:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3C8739C148; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:42:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B019A9C0FD; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:42:05 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="aN/Lm9jY"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 484859C0FD; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:42:04 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 438 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:42:02 AEST Received: from p3plsmtpa09-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa09-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.236]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E2809BFE6 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:42:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([72.69.214.144]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id tbspiOYfw8pAptbspi1NDu; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:34:43 -0700 Received: from [199.89.231.101] (ender.kilonet.net [199.89.231.101]) by medusa.kilonet.net (8.14.8/8.15.1) with ESMTP id 00KIYglA026927 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:34:42 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1579545282; bh=yZ5ao508fD9di+5Th/j9eeVEfUpQBDOilbXOVLk2Plo=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=aN/Lm9jYf5t7mCvD/hXdxJSSN7zIqZcxGfLMZdn9iPbMmrHyIAIXHEXeRCEA98VF0 t4INk5cM2YDAnCC/jL1/HMcltdduw5acu56W0XsxcS4z9OHk86tBq0K4uFipwN9FMt 5Rbdnski8J1qEIEh8Ay6YSsrHKL+rPVcn4K24618= To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20200117195908.GF15253@ancienthardware.org> <20200118035051.GC481935@mit.edu> <20200118041913.GB67053@eureka.lemis.com> <20200119024900.GA15860@mit.edu> <20200119031225.GI67053@eureka.lemis.com> <20200119035808.GK67053@eureka.lemis.com> <20200119132551.GC15860@mit.edu> <20200120180432.GJ28686@mcvoy.com> <7C45A7D2-1FE9-46F0-AA31-396671704214@kdbarto.org> From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:34:40 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7C45A7D2-1FE9-46F0-AA31-396671704214@kdbarto.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfKrri5zAWEt6WSvS5u1/DCWvhh8/5g/On2S2Yq6ZANg7RO6pPg1ZS4hiEgkhPQLUFbEDJZfG4q5o9x4YZo/PTWXVCgNfS3TtMFB8xYvWl50LM6p8tEAf AeFCYwXph19k1BgypWJ4LUbS2k+FBQ1fp0BbjWFSa+3ohtabSRK+mktkXIPlCof5QmGkbWFiRG3BdA== Subject: Re: [TUHS] Early Linux and BSD 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" On 1/20/2020 1:09 PM, David Barto wrote: > My memory as well. A friend and I got ahold of the complete set of chips > and started to build out the hardware for a Unix box. We got most of the > way there too, and then the odd quirks started showing up. We tracked > some of them to our layout and the others to the NS chips. Then we gave > it up as a “ah, it would have been nice if only” project. A friend of mine and I did the same, but with 68000. I wrote the assembler and other utilities, he did the hardware design (although we both took turns critiquing each other's work), and we both (and his girlfriend) did the wire-wrapping. We were eventually consumed by other real-life happenings, and it fell by the wayside, but looking back at it now, UNIX would have been the perfect choice. I did have visions of grandeur that I would write my own OS for it - I'm sure I would have eventually learned my lesson ;) art k. PS: We cheated, and used static RAM. A few failed development projects at my (then) current place of employment, and no one knew what to do with "all these chips" that were left over. No problem, I know what to do with them... they wound up in the trunk of my Triumph TR7