18 Oct
2017
18 Oct
'17
12:23 a.m.
One of my predecessors at JHU decided 6.06 was a nice symmetrical number and
stuck the version there through many kernel changes. When he left, our
release numbers started forward again.
The BRL/JHU kernel was based on V6. It had a kludge to allow more that
256 users but eventually, we widened the UID/GID to 16 bits each. We then
added a the ability to mount either V6 or V7 file systems (we had a lot of
removable V6 FS media).
-----Original Message-----
From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:09 AM
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
Subject: Re: UNIX version 2*pi
On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Don Hopkins wrote:
McGill University EE UNIX lab systems administration,
PDP-11 running
UNIX version 2*pi (>6, <7, irrational)
Sounds like the one I was maintaining at UNSW: Edition 6, with the bits of
Edition 7 that would fit on an 11/40 and 11/60, plus local AUSAM stuff.
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."