PDP 11-23 questions

From: Mark Green <mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca>
Date: Tue Aug 8 20:30:36 2000

> > Well, since you're into Linux, you might want to take a look at:
> > http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/
> > I'm not sure though if you'd be able to get any form of UNIX up on this
> > system.
>
> There's a binary V6 system in the PUPS Unix archives that will run on a 11/23
> with 64K and attached RL02 drives. I rescued it from a pile at a UBC SERF sale
> about 4 years ago.
>
> Note that the "Standard" V6 system doesn't support RL02's; the exact
> lineage of this find hasn't been completely researched yet - and it may
> never be, as the sources haven't been found.
>
> Tim.

I might be able to help you a little bit on this. In the late 1970s
and early 1980s a number of Canadian universities built V6 systems
for PDP 11/23 based systems. These systems were relatively cheap
and were great for teaching and some research. At the University of
Toronto we build at least three systems for the undergraduate
database course, and when I moved to McMaster University I built two
for project courses. With some modifications to the kernel an 11/23
could support 6 or 7 students working on programming projects.

I suspect the UBC system that you picked up served a similar purpose.

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Dr. Mark Green                                 mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor                              (780) 492-4584
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Tue Aug 08 2000 - 20:30:36 BST

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