20 Nov
2017
20 Nov
'17
4:50 a.m.
Nemo <cym224(a)gmail.com> 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.
That article (as noted) was originally published in the Bell System
Technical Journal special issue on UNIX.
The System III manuals say something like "UNIX is an operating system
for DEC PDP-11, Vax 11/780 and IBM S/370 computers" so at least within
the Bell System, the S/370 was supported.
It does not seem to have been released to the world, which is a shame;
it may be because of the underlying I/O supervisor which was a modified
IBM OS.
Arnold