17 Sep
2017
17 Sep
'17
4:28 p.m.
Was there ever a UNIX or even the thought of porting one to a PDP-10?
36-bit machine, 18-bit addresses (more on KL10 and KS10), and:
*0 would return register 0 instead of a SIGSEGV ;)
8-bit bytes would have been a wasteful exercise, but you never know.
(losing 4 bits of every 36-bit word)
thanks!
art k.