18 Mar
2024
18 Mar
'24
5:22 p.m.
/dev/tty existed in Version 6 for sure. It wasn't the console but
rather a magic device that mapped to the processes "controlling
terminal."
Just checked the V5 and V6 sources in the archive. /dev/tty indeed
showed up there. The driver is in dmr/sys.c.
------ Original Message ------
From "Dave Horsfall" <dave(a)horsfall.org>
To "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" <tuhs(a)tuhs.org>
Date 3/18/2024 7:13:45 AM
Subject [TUHS] Of /dev/tty8
Evenin' all...
I have a vague recollection that /dev/tty8 was the console in Edition 5
(we only used it briefly until Ed 6 appeared), but cannot find a reference
to it; lots of stuff about Penguin/OS though...
Something to do with 0-7 being the mux, so "8" was left (remember that
/dev/tty and /dev/console didn't exist back then), mayhaps?
Thanks.
-- Dave