22 Aug
2016
22 Aug
'16
6:47 a.m.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
Ah... I have read that before, but I glossed over the anectode about
the KE11 and KS11. All makes sense now.
I recall
reading _somewhere_ about some early PDP-11 memory management
thing used on early PDP-11 Unix that supported the KE11 ... by having a
small window that allowed user code access to the KE11. ...
Does this ring any bells for anyone?
Never mind - found it, it was in "Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix":
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html The memory management thing in question was the KS11;
I looked, but could not
find anything about it. Does anyone know of anything?
Nope. But I'm intrigued now.
-ethan