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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | ===Interdata 7/32 and | + | ===Interdata 7/32 and 8/32=== |
| − | * [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/29-405_7-32_UsersMan_Jun76.pdf | + | * [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/7-32/ 7-32] |
| − | * [ | + | ** [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] |
| + | ** [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/8-32/8-32_Brochure_1977.pdf Model 8/32 Processor] | ||
| + | ** [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/interdata/32bit/8-32/29-428_M83-Series_8-32_8-32C_8-32D_Processors_User_May78.pdf M83-Series Models 8/32, 8/32C, and 8/32D Processors User Manual] | ||
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* [https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/invited_talks/miller.ps The First Unix Port; Miller, R.] | * [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://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.] | * [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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[[Category: Minicomputers]] | [[Category: Minicomputers]] | ||
Revision as of 02:11, 28 March 2023
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. Amazingly, 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.
