Date sent: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:22:17 -0500
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From: allisonp_at_world.std.com (Allison J Parent)
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Unix for 8080/Z80? [Re: WooHoo!! PC/XT Unix anyone?]
> <Any Unix clones for 8080/Z80 systems? It ought to be doable, given that th
> <original Unix was done on a 64KB address space machine...
> Uzi in a 64k machine required 32k of it for the kernel and the rest for
> apps. It was a full swaping scheme so hard disk for similar was a must
> have. Banking/mmu made it more palateable as you could have the kernel in
> it's own space.
AFAIR (pleas correct me) there was also a multi user unix
system from ALTOS based on the Z80 - AFAIR for up to four
user terminals.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Mon Jan 25 1999 - 09:26:54 GMT