18 Jan
2024
18 Jan
'24
5:33 p.m.
All, I got this e-mail from Holger a while back.
Somehow it went into
a folder and has lurked unseen for way too long.
Does anybody know any more about PCS Unix and, if so, where should
I place the code that Holger has donated into the Unix Archive?
I don’t know much about PCS Unix, but I did come across many references to Newcastle
Connection (and Unix United) when researching early networking and the various approaches
to giving early Unix a networking API. I think there is no other set of surviving sources
for this. Maybe Holger disagrees, but I would say that PCS Unix is best placed in the
“Early networking” section.
By the way, for those interested, here is a start to read up on Unix United:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Connection
To some extent, it is similar to the “RIDE” software developed at Bell Labs Naperville by
Priscilla Lu and to S/F Unix developed by GWR Luderer at Murray Hill. As far as I know the
sources for both of those have been lost to time, afaik.