Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: IBM to support UNIX on 4300 Message-ID: <759@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 14:58:47 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.759 Posted: Fri Mar 1 14:58:47 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Mar-85 04:45:56 EST References: <801@sdcsla.UUCP> <424@lsuc.UUCP> <990@watdcsu.UUCP> <170@cadtroy.UUCP> <1019@watdcsu.UUCP> <12247@gatech.UUCP> Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 16 > With all this talk about IBM's port of UNIX to the 370's, what about the > version done at ATT? It is described in pretty good detail in the Oct 84 > BLTJ. Essentially, they got IBM to make some mods to TSS, and then put > Unix on top of it. TSS deals with the i/o hardware and paging, Unix does > everything else. This isolates Unix from different hardware configurations > (I/O channels, etc). You must be kidding if you are proposing to run anything except VM/CP on a 370 type machine. How many machines run TSS? Very few I bet. -- Why, that's more useless than the left thumb of a touch typist! Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA