22 Nov
2017
22 Nov
'17
10:38 a.m.
I was asking about s/370 UNIX flavors
I can help you with AIX for i386, I’m probably one of the main “historians”
for that vintage of IBM stuff.. here ya go http://ps-2.kev009.com/aixps2/.
All the docs are scattered on my server there. It WILL run under
virtualization but is picky anout which. Google will point you to guides.
On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, Wesley Parish <wobblygong(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As would I. I'd also be interested in that i386
AIX Clem mentioned.
It would be interesting studying the different ways the *BSD and the
SVR4 and the AIX people etc adapted the Unix code to the i386
architecture. It'd make an interesting topic for discussion. (Likewise
in comparison with the "native" i80x86 Unix-like OSes like Coherent,
Minix and Linux. :)
Wesley Parish
On 11/22/17, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling(a)kev009.com <javascript:;>>
wrote:
I'm also interested if any of these s/370
*ix ever escaped captivity.
The earliest stuff may be covered by Novell's grant of early code.
I'd be willing to pay for a lawyer to help liberate any contested
material.
I have an R/390 (1990s era), z800 (2000s era) and z114 (2010s era) at
home. And Hercules. Would be fun to run *ix on any of them.
Regards,
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Nemo <cym224(a)gmail.com <javascript:;>>
wrote:
> Recent commentary on porting led me to read
the article on porting
> UNIX to S/370 (https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherports/ibm.pdf
)
to
support 5ESS development because the existing PDP11s were being
overwhelmed. I confess to not having this read this before and find
it interesting. Any recollections from anyone on the matter. And
whatever happened to it?
N.