29 Dec
2009
29 Dec
'09
3:35 a.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
On 12/28/09 12:10 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Cool, let me know if you do find anything related...
I've imaged the two drives, they're up at
http://yahozna.dyndns.org/computers/vitek. Just in the nick of time
too, drive 0 started flaking out this evening and now fails to come
ready most of the time. They're both Quantum ProDrive 40S drives.
Still no idea if it uses a standard early UNIX filesystem or not, but
I'm going to spend some time with the images and see what I can figure
out.
It's odd that a machine with hardware dated from 1990-91 is built around
a 68010/68541...
Josh
It appears to be running an early UNIX variant
called Regulus (5.2.2,
dated 7/31/86) by a company called Alcyon. I can't find much more
information on the 'net other than the fact that it existed.
It is a UNIX clone. Alcyon is also known for producing the C compiler
used in developing CP/M 68K. I'll check the CHM archives. Another
listmember
sent some Alcyon software, but I've not had time to look at it.