6 Mar
2017
6 Mar
'17
3:24 p.m.
* On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 03:54:17PM -0600, Jerry Kemp via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
Very interesting. I didn't start wearing a Unix
hat till 1989-1990 time
period. Aside from the ATT 3B2, my only other exposure to SysVR3 Unix was
thru Banyan Vines.
Banyan Vines sat on top of SysVR3 Unix, and we used a lot of Banyan Vines.
...
Very interesting, I wonder if I could learn anything from Banyan Vines?
I recall it on the PC, but I didn't realize it was on SVR3 as well.
Back on topic, I guess I had not understood your
request enough, I had
though you were needing specific hardware and CPU information. Did not
realize that there were software/SysVR3 questions you were still asking.
Oh, I definitely do still need specific hardware information. The "big"
chips (the CPU, MMU, DMA controller, floppy & disk controllers, UART,
etc.) are thankfully very well documented! But the rest of what makes up
the 3B2/400 system board is not documented anywhere but inside the SVR3
source code.
Also, if I ever hope to emulate the cartridge tape controller or the
extended serial ports, SCSI, or Ethernet cards, I'll need yet more
information. I don't have the source for those drivers, so I have
absolutely no idea how they operate.
Jerry Kemp
-Seth