31 Oct
2016
31 Oct
'16
12:29 p.m.
In a message dated 10/31/2016 6:36:17 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu writes:
From: Ed Sharpe
was Unix or C the one developed on the 11/20?
Both. Unix Version 1 was written in PDP-11 assembler, for the -11/20;
although that was a re-write of an earlier version written in PDP-7
assembler. C was developed from B in good part because the word address
model
of B (inherited from its ancestor BCPL) wasn't a good match for the
PDP-11's
byte addressing model. More here:
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html
From: Christian Corti
I think the IP stack needs separate I/D and more
memory
I read that the networking code in 2.x uses Supervisor mode (apparently it
needed more address space than was available with only kernel, even with
split I/D).
Noel
Great History Noel! Many Thanks!
...
I wonder if the pdp-11 was just called pdp-11 at t that point or
was a pdp-11/20 like we have..
I know they are essentially the same at this time point they got
their PDP 11 what did it say on the front panel I wonder?
(figuring all this stuff out for titling up the cards in the 11/20
display we are planning.)
thanks Ed Sharpe _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
31 Oct
31 Oct
12:36 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 12:29 PM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:
...
I wonder if the pdp-11 was just called pdp-11 at t that point or
was a pdp-11/20 like we have..
I know they are essentially the same at this time point they got
their PDP 11 what did it say on the front panel I wonder?
(figuring all this stuff out for titling up the cards in the 11/20
display we are planning.)
I think we had this discussion a while back, but I know that my 11/20 just
says 'PDP-11' on the front panel. I've also seen them with '11/20',
which
is almost certainly a later naming as the -11 line grew.
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12:41 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
I think we had this discussion a while back, but I
know that my 11/20 just
says 'PDP-11' on the front panel. I've also seen them with '11/20',
which
is almost certainly a later naming as the -11 line grew.
Yes. Mine says "11/20" and has some later-rev CPU boards (-YA) that I
think date to 1972.
-ethan
12:49 p.m.
On 10/31/16 3:29 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 10/31/2016 6:36:17 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu writes:
At that time PDP-11 was a general architecture
name and 11/mumble was a
specific system.
Keep in mind that new versions of the -11 would evolve soon after
introduction and
continue over time for decades.
Add to that there were both processor naming and system configuration naming
conventions.
From: Ed Sharpe
was Unix or C the one developed on the 11/20?
Both. Unix Version 1 was written in
PDP-11 assembler, for the -11/20;
although that was a re-write of an earlier version written in PDP-7
assembler. C was developed from B in good part because the word address
model
of B (inherited from its ancestor BCPL) wasn't a good match for the
PDP-11's
byte addressing model. More here:
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html
From: Christian Corti
I think the IP stack needs separate I/D and more memory
I read that the
networking code in 2.x uses Supervisor mode (apparently it
needed more address space than was available with only kernel, even with
split I/D).
Noel
Great History Noel! Many Thanks!
...
I wonder if the pdp-11 was just called pdp-11 at t that point or
was a pdp-11/20 like we have.. I know they are essentially the same at this time
point they got
their PDP 11 what did it say on the front panel I wonder?
(figuring all this stuff out for titling up the cards in the 11/20
display we are planning.)
Find a copy of the PDP-11 systems handbook! Say 1978, 80 and 82
versions and
see the difference. Never mind the Unibus, Qbus, PRO, and PDT flavors.
Allison
thanks Ed Sharpe _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
2:15 p.m.
Find a copy of the PDP-11 systems handbook! Say 1978, 80 and 82 versions
and
see the difference. Never mind the Unibus, Qbus, PRO, and PDT flavors.
Allison
> thanks Ed Sharpe _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
>
>
>
Here is a thread I posted on my site, with link to the first printing of
the PDP 11 brochure. The first PDP 11 models had no "/nn" on the front
panel.. see for yourself.
http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=593
Bill
2:30 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:15 AM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
Mine is a very early example - number 636 IIRC - and it just says
'pdp-11' on the front:
http://www.corestore.org/1120-1.jpg
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
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Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame.
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Find a copy of the PDP-11 systems handbook! Say 1978, 80 and 82 versions
and
see the difference. Never mind the Unibus, Qbus, PRO, and PDT flavors.
Allison
> thanks Ed Sharpe _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
>
>
>
Here is a thread I posted on my site, with link to the first printing of
the PDP 11 brochure. The first PDP 11 models had no "/nn" on the front
panel.. see for yourself.
http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=593 
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