12 Aug
2023
12 Aug
'23
9:05 p.m.
From: Paul Ruizendaal <pnr(a)planet.nl>
a token ring driver (written by Noel Chiappa, if I
remember well).
No (unless they took one I wrote for the V6 machine and adapted it); I never
did anything on any Unix after V6 (I think there's nothing of any significant
interest in any later Unix).
Anyway, writing a driver for that board would be about as much work as
writing a driver for an RK11 controller - i.e. a day or so for someone
competent.
Noel
13 Aug
13 Aug
midnight
New subject: when did v8 or later get networking?
On Aug 12, 2023, at 5:05 PM, Noel Chiappa
<jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
Found it: it is the Proteon driver on BBN tape 2. The file has the following comment at
the top:
/*
* Proteon VII Local Net Interface Driver
* (adapted from Noel Chiappa's V6 driver and ACC driver by Rob Gurwitz, BBN)
*
* NB. Make sure definition of VII_CONF is correct for configuration of ring,
* i.e., VII_HEN for use with wire center, VII_STE for use without.
*/
So yes, they indeed took one you wrote for the V6 machine and adapted it.
From: Paul Ruizendaal <pnr(a)planet.nl>
a token ring driver (written by Noel Chiappa, if
I remember well).
No (unless they took one I wrote for the V6 machine and adapted it); I never
did anything on any Unix after V6 (I think there's nothing of any significant
interest in any later Unix).
Anyway, writing a driver for that board would be about as much work as
writing a driver for an RK11 controller - i.e. a day or so for someone
competent.
Noel
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