23 Aug
2002
23 Aug
'02
2:52 a.m.
It seems as though there was considerable interest in Porting Unix v6 to i386 some months
ago. This is a project that appeals to me also. I was wondering if anyone has made any
headway in the project and would like to share their experience.
23 Aug
23 Aug
3:23 a.m.
New subject: Porting Unix v6 to i386
On 2002-Aug-22 14:52:23 -0600, russ <russell283(a)attbi.com> wrote:
It seems as though there was considerable interest in
Porting Unix v6 to
i386 some months ago. This is a project that appeals to me also. I was
wondering if anyone has made any headway in the project and would like to
share their experience.
I've been mulling over something like this for some time. I haven't
actually gotten very far because:
1) I hadn't found an open-source, 16-bit x86 C compiler that could run
in 64K+64K. It looks like there may be some suitable candidates now.
2) My planned target system succumbed to old age. (The HDD failed and
the bios only provides a choice of specific 80 or 120MB sizes).
Peter
5:56 a.m.
New subject: Porting Unix v6 to i386
In article by Peter Jeremy:
On 2002-Aug-22 14:52:23 -0600, russ
<russell283(a)attbi.com> wrote:
>It seems as though there was considerable interest in Porting Unix v6 to
>i386 some months ago.
Firstly, see http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Other/V6on286/
for someone who has already done this.
Then see http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Portable_CC/
for ports of pcc to 8086 and 80286. Note that these are now
covered by Caldera's BSD-style Ancient UNIX license.
I've been mulling over something like this for
some time. I haven't
actually gotten very far because:
1) I hadn't found an open-source, 16-bit x86 C compiler that could run
in 64K+64K. It looks like there may be some suitable candidates now.
pcc? What about Bruce Evan's bcc? If the planned architecture is a 286,
what about C68?
2) My planned target system succumbed to old age.
(The HDD failed and
the bios only provides a choice of specific 80 or 120MB sizes).
Peter
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