31 Jan
2022
31 Jan
'22
9:30 p.m.
On 1 Feb 2022, at 09:42, cctalk at classiccmp.org
wrote:
A somewhat broader search found the 1984 RT-11 System Release Notes with the following:
1.4.2.4 Logical Disk Subsetting Handler (LD) - The logical disk subsetting handler lets
you define logical disks, which are subsets of physical disks. You define logical disks by
assigning a logical disk unit number to a file on a physical disk. You can then use the
logical disk as though it were a physical disk.
AA-5286F-TC-T1_RT-11_System_Release_Notes_Jul84.pdf (bitsavers.org)
<http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rt11/v5.1_Jul84/AA-5286F-TC-T1_RT-11_System_Release_Notes_Jul84.pdf>
p15/102
Suggests DEC had not yet adopted the term ?partition? for a segment of a disk
From
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/ultrix-11/2.0/AE-X370C-TC_ULTRIX-11_2.0S…
<http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/ultrix-11/2.0/AE-X370C-TC_ULTRIX-11_2.0SPD_Sep84.pdf>
it seems that at least one part of Digital used partitions as we now know it in September
1984. I wonder if AT&T Unix Seventh edition also called them partitions?
Huw