29 Apr
2025
29 Apr
'25
5:35 p.m.
On 4/29/25 10:00 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
<arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Tom Lyon <pugs78(a)gmail.com>
>>
>> I was pleased to learn that the first port of S to UNIX was on the
>> Interdata 8/32, which I had my part in enabling.
>
> I would love to hear more about the Interdata port and what
> happened with it afterwards. Interdata seems to have disappeared
> into the dustbin of history. And Unix on it apparently never
> got out of Bell Labs; I don't think the code for it is in the
> TUHS archives.
>
Two different ports.
TWG's port was written at the University of Wollongong, extensive
documentation and SIMH emulation survives.
No trace of the BTL port exists that I know of
Interdata was bought by Perkin-Elmer, Perkin-Elmer sold it to
Concurrent Computer Corp.