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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. | |
| − | + | Oddly enough, real information about the 8/32 is near nonexistent, short of the [[SIMH]] simulator. | |
| − | + | ==UNIX== | |
| − | + | 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 | + | 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. |
| − | + | In April 28, 1977, [[UNIX Sixth Edition|Unix Version 6]] was booting. When Bell Labs was contacted: | |
| − | + | <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> | |
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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=== | |
| − | [ | + | * [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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdata Interdata] - Wikipedia | ||
| − | [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpap.html Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System | + | ===Unix Port === |
| + | * [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.] | ||
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Revision as of 16:41, 20 December 2020
The Interdata 7/32 and Interdata 8/32 were IBM System/360 compatible mainframe/mini machines; they differed in character sets, architecture and of course machine code.
Oddly enough, real information about the 8/32 is near nonexistent, short of the SIMH simulator.
UNIX
They were the one of the first non-DEC machines to run UNIX. Ironically, the ports to the 7/32 and 8/32 were done roughly simultaneously, by two separate organizations.
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.
In April 28, 1977, Unix Version 6 was booting. When Bell Labs was contacted:
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.
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 7th Edition.
External links
Interdata 7/32 and Interdata
- Interdata Reference Manual 29-004R02 7/32
- Interdata - Wikipedia
