Although the story is well known to members of this list, there is a nice compact history of the PDP-11 and early Unix at this new article: A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomputer of all time https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-11-the-most… It describes PDP-11 assembly language, and shows the booting of a Unix system on a simh instance. It also includes the famous picture of Dennis and Ken at a PDP-11 console, and concludes with a link to an online text of a book about PDP-11 assembly language programming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: beebe(a)math.utah.edu - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe(a)acm.org beebe(a)computer.org - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------