14 Dec
2023
14 Dec
'23
7:37 a.m.
In a BSTJ article[1] it is said "The availability of a simulated UNIX operating
system in DMERT allows UNIX programs from other processors to execute on the 3B20D
Processor." Does this just mean C programs which are rebuilt or is there some
implication DMERT's particular UNIX environment featured some sort of emulation
facilities? I may be reading too much into it...
- Matt G.
[1] - https://archive.org/details/bstj62-1-303/page/n11/mode/2up
P.S. I learned I may walk past DMERT and a 3B20D most days, there's a
long-operational telephone CO on my usual walk that through referencing public records
I've discovered has a WECo 5ESS up in it somewhere. That's all the listing
said, dunno if WECo is given as meaning an early model or just a generic name. Either
way...so close yet so far, makes me ever so curious what dusty old bookshelves in that
building might hold.