24 Jan
2020
24 Jan
'20
10:34 p.m.
Clem Cole writes:
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 9:45 PM Warner Losh <imp(a)bsdimp.com> wrote:
My very fuzzy memory would put MERT at v4 or v5. I think that the department
had an 11/40 running v3 back when it was in building 2. I recall a much bigger
machine, I think an 11/70, after the move to building 6. I think that Heinz's
office was across the hall from the room that had the 516 and the SS1, the 11/70
was across the hall and left a couple of doors from Heinz's office. I'm pretty
sure that I used that machine to do the docs for the IC test system since the
department that I was in then didn't have a UNIX system. I do have a v6 manual
from back then so that's where things were at the end of my time there. Anyway,
from a timing thing I'm guessing that MERT was v4 or v5.
Jon
MERT absolutely predates PWB 1.2. MERT has papers
starting in 1975 while
pwb 1.2 is 1978 or 1979.
I can not say, I have any knowledge so I would trust Rob's sources, but ...
I also what I would have thought MERT predates PWB. Heinz, are you able to
illuminate any of these details?
MERT was V4 while releases of PWB were V6 based.
I can verify and agree with the later of PWB 1.x being 6th edition, but the
MERT tidbit is interesting/thought-provoking. I frankly would have
expected the MERT folks to have started with something closer to 5th and
then tracked any significant differences as possible.