Interdata 8/32 - Revision history

Jnc: /* Unix port */ Update Bell Labs URLs (blast Nokia)

2025-06-30T18:44:02Z

‎Unix port: Update Bell Labs URLs (blast Nokia)

Jnc: Fix to match new category name

2023-12-22T16:25:28Z

Fix to match new category name

Jnc: Move this one over too

2023-08-10T20:45:51Z

Move this one over too

Jnc: Remove bogosities, split into separate 7/2 and 8/32 pages

2023-08-07T20:15:14Z

Remove bogosities, split into separate 7/2 and 8/32 pages

Jnc: /* Unix Port */ +Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix

2023-08-05T17:32:47Z

‎Unix Port: +Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix

Jnc: 8/32 docs are available now

2023-03-28T00:13:52Z

8/32 docs are available now

Jnc: /* External links */ Full set of manuals now

2023-03-28T00:11:25Z

‎External links: Full set of manuals now

Jnc: _semi_-stub!

2023-03-26T23:55:08Z

_semi_-stub!

Jnc: /* UNIX */ better word

2020-12-20T18:56:09Z

‎UNIX: better word

Jnc: Clean up another one

2020-12-20T15:41:02Z

Clean up another one

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 ===Unix port===
-* [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System; Johnson, S.C. Ritchie, D. M.]
+* [https://www.nokia.com/bell-labs/about/dennis-m-ritchie/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System; Johnson, S.C. Ritchie, D. M.]
-** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] - at "You are not expected to understand this" is a description of the problem found in the 8/32 port
+** [https://www.nokia.com/bell-labs/about/dennis-m-ritchie/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] - at "You are not expected to understand this" is a description of the problem found in the 8/32 port
 [[Category: Superminis]]

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-The '''Interdata 8/32''' was a 32-bit [[super-mini]] whose [[instruction set architecture|ISA]] was roughly modelled on that of the [[IBM System/360]] [[mainframe]]. It had higher performance than its very similar 'little sister', the [[Interdata 7/32]]; the 8/32 was [[microcode]]d, and optionally allowed the users to write their own additional microcode.
+The '''Interdata 8/32''' was a 32-bit [[supermini]] whose [[instruction set architecture|ISA]] was roughly modelled on that of the [[IBM System/360]] [[mainframe]]. It had higher performance than its very similar 'little sister', the [[Interdata 7/32]]; the 8/32 was [[microcode]]d, and optionally allowed the users to write their own additional microcode.
 ==Simulators==
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 ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] - at "You are not expected to understand this" is a description of the problem found in the 8/32 port
-[[Category: Super-minis]]
+[[Category: Superminis]]

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-The '''Interdata 8/32''' was a 32-bit [[minicomputer]] whose [[instruction set architecture|ISA]] was roughly modelled on that of the [[IBM System/360]] [[mainframe]]. It had higher performance than its 'little sister', the [[Interdata 7/32]]; the 8/32 was [[microcode]]d, and optionally allowed the users to write their own additional microcode.
+The '''Interdata 8/32''' was a 32-bit [[super-mini]] whose [[instruction set architecture|ISA]] was roughly modelled on that of the [[IBM System/360]] [[mainframe]]. It had higher performance than its very similar 'little sister', the [[Interdata 7/32]]; the 8/32 was [[microcode]]d, and optionally allowed the users to write their own additional microcode.
 ==Simulators==
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 ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] - at "You are not expected to understand this" is a description of the problem found in the 8/32 port
-[[Category: Minicomputers]]
+[[Category: Super-minis]]

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-The '''Interdata 7/32''' and  '''Interdata 8/32''' were [[IBM System/360]] compatible [[mainframe]]/[[minicomputer|mini]] machines; they differed in character sets, architecture and of course machine code.
+The '''Interdata 8/32''' was a 32-bit [[minicomputer]] whose [[instruction set architecture|ISA]] was roughly modelled on that of the [[IBM System/360]] [[mainframe]]. It had higher performance than its 'little sister', the [[Interdata 7/32]]; the 8/32 was [[microcode]]d, and optionally allowed the users to write their own additional microcode.
 ==Simulators==
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 ==UNIX==
-They were the one of the first non-[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] machines to run [[UNIX]]. Amazingly, the ports to the 7/32 and 8/32 were done roughly simultaneously, by two separate organizations.
+The 8/32 and the 7/32 were the one of the first non-[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] machines to run [[UNIX]]. Amazingly, the ports to the 7/32 and 8/32 were done roughly simultaneously, by two separate organizations; the 8/32 port was done by the Research group at [[Bell Laboratories]].
-According to Richard Miller, "The First Unix Port", the first port began in 1976, at Wollongong, on an Interdata 7/32, 192k-core/2x5Mb disk drives.
+Work on the 8/32 port began in early 1977 (on the [[C programming language|C]] [[compiler]], etc); the machine itself was delivered at the end of April 1977. By June, the system was working reasonably well.
-In April 28, 1977, [[UNIX Sixth Edition|Unix Version 6]] was booting. When Bell Labs was contacted:
+The Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 were the first 32-bit machines to run [[UNIX Sixth Edition|Unix Version 6]]; the Interdata 8/32 port became the basis for [[Unix Seventh Edition]].
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 ==External links==
-===Interdata 7/32 and 8/32===
+* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/interdata/32bit/8-32/ 8-32] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]
 * [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System; Johnson, S.C. Ritchie, D. M.]
 ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] - at "You are not expected to understand this" is a description of the problem found in the 8/32 port
 [[Category: Minicomputers]]

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 * [https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@scsse/documents/doc/uow103747.pdf The First port of Unix; Reinfelds, J.]
 * [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System; Johnson, S.C. Ritchie, D. M.]
 [[Category: Minicomputers]]

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 The Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 were the first 32-bit machines to both run Unix Version 6; the Interdata 8/32 port became the basis for [[Unix Seventh Edition|UNIX 7th Edition]].
 ==External links==
-===Interdata 7/32 and Interdata===
+===Interdata 7/32 and 8/32===
-* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/29-405_7-32_UsersMan_Jun76.pdf Interdata Reference Manual 29-004R02 7/32]
+* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/ 7-32]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdata Interdata] - Wikipedia
+** [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/7-32_Brochure_1973.pdf Model 7/32 Processor]
+** [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/29-405_7-32_UsersMan_Jun76.pdf Model 7/32 Processor User's Manual]
-===Unix Port ===
+* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/8-32/ 8-32]
 * [https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/invited_talks/miller.ps The First Unix Port; Miller, R.]
 * [https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@scsse/documents/doc/uow103747.pdf The First port of Unix; Reinfelds, J.]
 * [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System; Johnson, S.C. Ritchie, D. M.]
 [[Category: Minicomputers]]

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-This was the one of the first non [[DEC]], IBM 360 compatibilt Mainframe/Mini machine to run [[Unix]].
+The '''Interdata 7/32''' and  '''Interdata 8/32''' were [[IBM System/360]] compatible [[mainframe]]/[[minicomputer|mini]] machines; they differed in character sets, architecture and of course machine code.
-According to Richard Miller, "The First Unix Port" The first port began in 1976, at Wollongong, on an Interdata 7/32, 192k-core/2x5Mb disk drives.
+Oddly enough, real information about the 8/32 is near nonexistent, short of the [[SIMH]] simulator.
-In April 28, 1977, Unix version 6 was booting. When Bell Labs was contacted:
+==UNIX==
-<blockquote>In fact there was a surprise on both sides: a team at Bell Labs was in the midst of doing their own port of UNIX to an Interdata 8/32 (a slightly more powerful 32-bit mini-computer). They had begun work at the beginning of 1977 in anticipation of the delivery of their machine in April and had a kernel working by June less than two months after the Wollongong kernel first ran on the bare 7/32.</blockquote>
+They were the one of the first non-[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] machines to run [[UNIX]]. Ironically, the ports to the 7/32 and 8/32 were done roughly simultaneously, by two separate organizations.
-The Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 were the first 32-bit machines to both run Unix version 6, which had the Interdata 8/32 port becoming the basis for UNIX 7th Edition.
+According to Richard Miller, "The First Unix Port", the first port began in 1976, at Wollongong, on an Interdata 7/32, 192k-core/2x5Mb disk drives.
-Oddly enough, real information about this machine is near nonexistent, short of the [[SIMH]] simulator.
+In April 28, 1977, [[UNIX Sixth Edition|Unix Version 6]] was booting. When Bell Labs was contacted:
-The Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 were Plug Compatible Mainframes/Minis of the System 360, differing both in character sets, architecture and of course machine code.
+<blockquote>In fact there was a surprise on both sides: a team at Bell Labs was in the midst of doing their own port of UNIX to an Interdata 8/32 (a slightly more powerful 32-bit mini-computer). They had begun work at the beginning of 1977 in anticipation of the delivery of their machine in April and had a kernel working by June less than two months after the Wollongong kernel first ran on the bare 7/32.</blockquote>
-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdata Interdata computer information general.]
+The Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 were the first 32-bit machines to both run Unix Version 6; the Interdata 8/32 port became the basis for [[Unix Seventh Edition|UNIX 7th Edition]].
-== Publications about the first Unix Port ==
+==External links==
-[https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/invited_talks/miller.ps The First Unix Port, Miller, R.]
+===Interdata 7/32 and Interdata===
-[https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@scsse/documents/doc/uow103747.pdf The First port of Unix, Reinfelds, J.]
+* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/29-405_7-32_UsersMan_Jun76.pdf Interdata Reference Manual 29-004R02 7/32]
-[https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System, Johnson, S.C. Ritchie, D. M.]
+===Unix Port ===
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 [[Category: Minicomputers]]