Thanks for the suggestions -- maybe I should be a little more specific.
Jim L suggested Contiki, but actually Contiki is precisely *not* what I'm
after (even though it's a quasi-multitasking environment for small systems);
it's unsuitable for the task because:
- source is in C (I should have specified I want assembler if possible)
- it needs more than 16K to be useful anyway
- it doesn't have a "classic" feel to it
- it's not preemptively multitasking
Also, I know Adam Dunkels well, he's a good guy, and I'll keep my pointy nose
out of his active development. ;)
Heinz suggested Tiny UNIX, which sounds like Mini UNIX. I googled for it,
but all I get are tiny *Linux* distributions. Can anyone point me in the
right direction?
The closest suggestion to the feel I'm looking for was Zane's suggestions of
RSX-11C for the PDP-11, or even better was TSS/8 for the PDP-8. The PDP-8 is
actually an architecture very amenable to what I'm looking at doing.
Do these have available assembler source?
What other multitasking environments, Unixy or not, would be practical on a
PDP-8 with 16kW or less? Or other similar mainframe?
Thanks for all the suggestions; I should have been much more specific about
what I was after.
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