6 Jun
2009
6 Jun
'09
12:54 a.m.
On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
That would be
extremely yummy.
I wonder how hard it would be? I can't say that I'm very familiar
with the capabilities of RSX, but, considering the size of the code
we're talking about, could it be possible that it wouldn't involve
as much work as writing a more modern, featureful, cluttered,
bloaty operating system?
Well as you know, x86 assembler is a damn ugly mess compared to
PDP-11. I'd probably implement it in C for that reason alone, if
working with x86. I'd want to put it on a more modern architecture.
These early DEC operating systems are amazingly compact and
efficient. I'd think something like a C implementation (and I'm
talking a VERY close clone) of RSX-11M would be unbelievably fast on
modern hardware.
:)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
> It's
damnably slow, but at least it works.
Yep. The scary thing is...an OS like RSX-11 or RSTS/E is
quite zippy on a machine like that.
Hmmm. Porting (or writing a work-alike of) RSX-11 for a newer
architecture (suck as PC -- for the low cost) comes to mind. Note that
you typed "suck as PC" above...Freudian slip? ;)
Probably. 8-)