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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALL on Tue Mar 15 16:59:00 2022
    As these have been recently discussed here...

    I was checking out osnews.com this morning, and they had linked a couple of articles related to the PDP-11. The first gives a brief history of the machine, its assembly language, and its architecture, calling it the "most influential minicomputer of all time."

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-11-the-most-infl

    https://tinyurl.com/3z4bfhyx

    The second article is about running UNIX v6 in an emulator on modern
    equipment by writing your own device drivers. The article mentions that
    this version of UNIX was developed in 1975 on a PDP-11 machine.

    https://mveg.es/posts/writing-a-device-driver-for-unix-v6/

    I thought some of you that are currently attempting to emulate PDP series machines might find these interesting.

    Mike


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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Mike Powell on Tue Mar 15 18:12:38 2022
    Hello Mike,

    15 Mar 22 16:59, you wrote to ALL:

    I thought some of you that are currently attempting to emulate PDP
    series machines might find these interesting.

    Thanks! Both of those articles are great and very informative for me.

    -- Sean

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to SEAN DENNIS on Wed Mar 16 16:46:00 2022
    I thought some of you that are currently attempting to emulate PDP series machines might find these interesting.

    Thanks! Both of those articles are great and very informative for me.

    I figured there would be at least one person who'd like 'em. :)

    Mike


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