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Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth

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First post2025-07-16 01:24 -0400
Last post2025-07-19 11:41 +0100
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  Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-16 01:24 -0400
    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-16 15:53 +0000
    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2025-07-16 12:41 -0400
    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-16 17:32 +0000
      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-16 17:54 +0000
        Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-16 20:11 +0000
      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-17 03:44 -0400
        Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-07-19 09:48 +0300
          Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-19 07:14 +0000
            Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-19 17:49 +0000
            Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-21 09:32 -0700
              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-07-21 17:08 +0000
                Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-07-21 16:04 -0700
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-21 23:06 +0000
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-07-22 14:46 +0000
              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-21 16:07 -0400
              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-07-21 21:16 +0000
                Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-21 22:27 +0100
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-21 22:42 +0000
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-07-21 16:06 -0700
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-22 10:08 +0100
                      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-22 22:16 +0000
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-07-22 19:19 +0000
                Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-07-22 14:44 +0000
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-07-22 20:55 +0000
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-07-22 21:08 +0000
                      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-07-22 22:29 +0000
                        Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-07-23 18:48 +0000
              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-26 14:04 +0200
                Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-26 13:13 +0100
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-26 15:23 +0200
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-26 19:43 +0100
                Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 08:31 -0700
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-08-26 17:52 +0100
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 10:01 -0700
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-26 19:44 +0100
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-08-26 17:26 +0000
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-08-26 17:47 +0000
                      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-08-26 18:19 +0000
                      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-08-26 20:25 +0000
                        Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-26 21:44 +0100
                        Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-08-26 21:12 +0000
                  Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-08-27 22:09 +0000
                    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-27 23:00 +0000
                      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-08-28 09:10 +0000
                      Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-28 13:02 +0200
                        Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-28 12:17 +0100
                          Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-09-03 11:10 +0100
                            Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-03 11:55 +0100
                            Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-09-03 14:13 +0000
                              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-03 23:11 +0000
                              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-09-04 10:10 +0200
                              Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-09-06 17:38 +0000
                                Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-06 15:16 -0700
                                  Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-09-06 22:39 +0000
                                    Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth geodandw <geodandw@gmail.com> - 2025-09-06 18:46 -0400
                                      Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-09-06 23:00 +0000
                                        Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth geodandw <geodandw@gmail.com> - 2025-09-07 15:57 -0400
                                    Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth geodandw <geodandw@gmail.com> - 2025-09-06 18:48 -0400
                                    Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 04:11 -0400
                                    Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2025-09-07 14:43 -0400
                                      Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-08 08:10 -0700
                                  Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alan Bowler <alantbowler@gmail.com> - 2025-09-29 14:07 -0400
                                    Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-29 12:57 -0700
                                      Re: slow computers, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-29 23:12 -0400
                            Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-03 23:09 +0000
                              Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-04 07:48 -0700
                                Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-04 20:51 +0000
                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-08-26 20:21 +0000
                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-08-27 16:40 +0200
                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-27 08:30 -0700
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-08-28 10:09 +0200
                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-08-27 19:04 +0100
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-27 22:58 +0000
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-28 04:06 -0400
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-09-03 14:53 +0100
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-09-03 20:43 +0100
                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-27 22:58 +0000
                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-28 03:26 -0400
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-08-28 15:56 -0700
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 00:58 +0000
                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-29 06:50 +0000
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-29 10:50 +0100
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-08-31 20:15 +0000
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-08-29 12:46 +0200
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-29 14:28 +0100
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-08-29 14:40 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-08-29 23:13 +0200
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 03:28 +0000
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-29 23:51 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 03:27 +0000
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 00:25 -0400
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-08-30 12:19 +0000
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-31 13:37 +0200
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-08-31 18:23 +0200
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-31 17:37 +0000
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-31 22:24 +0000
                                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 02:35 +0200
                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-01 07:55 -0700
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-09-01 11:23 +0000
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-09-01 11:52 +0000
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 14:11 +0200
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-09-04 10:41 +0000
                                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-04 18:38 +0000
                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-04 18:42 +0000
                                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-09-04 20:58 +0000
                                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-05 05:08 -0400
                                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-05 08:03 -0700
                                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-05 12:15 -0700
                                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-06 11:17 +0100
                                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-06 07:31 -0700
                                                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-09-09 21:32 +0000
                                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-09 15:30 -0700
                                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-09 22:56 +0000
                                                        Halt [Was: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-10 11:10 +0200
                                                          Re: Halt [Was: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth] Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-10 14:23 +0000
                                                            Re: Halt [Was: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth] geodandw <geodandw@gmail.com> - 2025-09-10 14:11 -0400
                                                              Re: Halt [Was: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-10 21:07 +0200
                                                                Re: Halt [Was: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth] Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-10 19:29 +0000
                                                                  Re: Halt [Was: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth] scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-09-10 20:13 +0000
                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-09-04 22:22 +0100
                                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-04 22:35 +0000
                                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-05 05:06 -0400
                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-09-05 12:02 +0000
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-30 18:30 +0000
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 22:20 +0000
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-08-31 18:25 +0200
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-02 21:22 +0000
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-09-02 21:46 +0000
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-02 22:44 +0000
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-02 23:55 +0000
                                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2025-09-03 14:31 +0200
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-09-03 01:22 +0200
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-09-03 01:13 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-08-31 20:20 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-09-01 14:46 +0300
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-09-01 14:33 +0000
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-01 08:03 -0700
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-29 14:53 +0200
                      Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-08-29 17:09 +0000
                        Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-29 19:18 +0100
                          Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-29 23:51 +0000
                            Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 05:54 +0000
                              Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 03:06 -0400
                                Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 08:28 +0100
                                  Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 05:30 -0400
                                    Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 11:59 +0100
                                      Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 08:26 -0400
                                      Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 20:36 +0000
                                Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 20:31 +0000
                                  Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-02 21:22 +0000
                                    Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-03 03:10 +0000
                            Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 08:13 +0100
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-08-29 22:27 +0000
                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-29 21:12 +0200
                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-08-29 20:52 +0000
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 23:34 +0000
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-30 11:51 +0200
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-08-30 15:54 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-08-30 12:13 -0700
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-08-30 19:27 +0000
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-08-30 14:45 -0700
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-02 21:22 +0000
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-02 14:45 -0700
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-09-03 10:40 +0000
                                  Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-03 07:59 -0700
                                    Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-03 17:38 +0000
                                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-09-03 17:51 +0000
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-09-02 22:03 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-08-30 19:34 -0400
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-31 13:44 +0200
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-01 02:36 +0000
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-01 01:52 -0400
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 11:26 +0200
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-01 08:01 -0700
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-01 18:12 +0000
                                Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 20:15 +0200
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 11:20 +0200
                      Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-30 11:49 +0200
                        Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-08-30 17:39 +0000
                          Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-31 12:40 +0200
                            Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-08-31 08:19 -0700
                              Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-08-31 20:10 +0200
            Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-21 16:05 -0400
    Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2025-07-19 11:41 +0100

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#69605 — Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-07-16 01:24 -0400
SubjectHmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth
Message-ID<e4ucnb1I-5IIqur1nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@giganews.com>
Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.

Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies
into VirtualBox, but *41* ??? Maybe not worth it.

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#69623

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-07-16 15:53 +0000
Message-ID<JVPdQ.495184$sKi9.318413@fx14.iad>
In reply to#69605
On 2025-07-16, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:

> Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.
>
> Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
> I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies
> into VirtualBox, but *41* ??? Maybe not worth it.

Ah, takes me back to the days of the Univac System 80,
where updates were distributed on floppies.  8-inch
floppies.  Lots of them.  The pain was reduced somewhat
if you had the auto-load diskette drive (affectionately
referred to as the "auto-cruncher").  On the other hand,
the pain was increased considerably if you had a read error
on the last disk, since there was no retry capability.

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#69626

Fromjayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid>
Date2025-07-16 12:41 -0400
Message-ID<877c08krzy.fsf@atr2.ath.cx>
In reply to#69605
I heard that system is buggy as hell. Might best not bother.

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#69629

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-07-16 17:32 +0000
Message-ID<mdq622Fpaq8U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#69605
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:24:50 -0400, c186282 wrote:

> Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.
> 
> Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
> I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies into VirtualBox, but *41*
> ??? Maybe not worth it.

Shades of early Slackware. 

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#69630

FromRich <rich@example.invalid>
Date2025-07-16 17:54 +0000
Message-ID<1058p12$rmco$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69629
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:24:50 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>> Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.
>> 
>> Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
>> I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies into VirtualBox, but *41*
>> ??? Maybe not worth it.
> 
> Shades of early Slackware. 

Yep, I full well remember the 20 floppy shuffle to install early 
versions of Slackware.  Not fun, but back then we had no other way.

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#69644

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-07-16 20:11 +0000
Message-ID<mdqfbiFqst6U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#69630
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:54:43 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:24:50 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>> Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.
>>> 
>>> Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
>>> I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies into VirtualBox, but
>>> *41*
>>> ??? Maybe not worth it.
>> 
>> Shades of early Slackware.
> 
> Yep, I full well remember the 20 floppy shuffle to install early
> versions of Slackware.  Not fun, but back then we had no other way.

That was just the starter set. If you wanted gcc, make, and so forth so 
you could actually do something that was about another 20. 

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#69667

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-07-17 03:44 -0400
Message-ID<aZ6cnU18-N5ONOX1nZ2dnZfqn_sAAAAA@giganews.com>
In reply to#69629
On 7/16/25 1:32 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:24:50 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>> Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.
>>
>> Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
>> I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies into VirtualBox, but *41*
>> ??? Maybe not worth it.
> 
> Shades of early Slackware.

   Heh heh - YEA !

   For olde-tyme fun I'd LIKE to install Xenix in
   a VM - sure it WILL work - but *41* disks worth ???
   That's like a whole afternoon of fiddly work !

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#69749

FromAnssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi>
Date2025-07-19 09:48 +0300
Message-ID<sm0cy9wllph.fsf@lakka.kapsi.fi>
In reply to#69667
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:

>   For olde-tyme fun I'd LIKE to install Xenix in
>   a VM - sure it WILL work - but *41* disks worth ???
>   That's like a whole afternoon of fiddly work !

I ran into some ready to run emulator packages at hampa.ch when looking
for PC/IX recently. That was easy to start but turns out I don't know
how to use PC/IX or what's included, other than the base OS, and how to
use any of that. For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the
target HW is the original PC or PC/XT.

They have Xenix 2.1.3 as well, in a similar ready to run package.

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#69750

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-07-19 07:14 +0000
Message-ID<105fgk4$2ka5f$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69749
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:48:58 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:

> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
> original PC or PC/XT.

Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11, which 
is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.

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#69760

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-07-19 17:49 +0000
Message-ID<kUQeQ.1805405$zOOb.1676556@fx16.iad>
In reply to#69750
On 2025-07-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:48:58 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:
>
>> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>> original PC or PC/XT.
>
> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.

PDP-7, actually - but a port to the PDP-11 came soon afterwards.

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#69812

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2025-07-21 09:32 -0700
Message-ID<20250721093237.0000674f@gmail.com>
In reply to#69750
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
> > original PC or PC/XT.  
> 
> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.

Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was
an 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s, while the IBM
PC was really a bit of a dog thanks to having a 16-bit architecture on
an 8-bit bus and the generally poor performance characteristics of the
first-generation x86 CPUs. It'd be neat to do a head-to-head shootout.
I don't know if it's recorded whether the Bell Labs -11 was core or
semiconductor memory (980 vs. 450 ns cycle time;) the PC at 4.77 MHz
would have a cycle time of around 209 ns, but with the aforementioned
8-bit bus. As a naive approximation, that might put them anywhere from
comparable to around twice the memory bandwidth for the PC...but then
the 8088's instruction times are kinda abysmal even on top of that.
Definitely makes one curious...

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#69813

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2025-07-21 17:08 +0000
Message-ID<EuufQ.1816767$zOOb.1258211@fx16.iad>
In reply to#69812
John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:
>On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
>Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> > For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>> > original PC or PC/XT.  
>> 
>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.
>
>Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was
>an 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s, while the IBM
>PC was really a bit of a dog thanks to having a 16-bit architecture on
>an 8-bit bus and the generally poor performance characteristics of the
>first-generation x86 CPUs. It'd be neat to do a head-to-head shootout.
>I don't know if it's recorded whether the Bell Labs -11 was core or
>semiconductor memory (980 vs. 450 ns cycle time;) the PC at 4.77 MHz
>would have a cycle time of around 209 ns, but with the aforementioned
>8-bit bus. As a naive approximation, that might put them anywhere from
>comparable to around twice the memory bandwidth for the PC...but then
>the 8088's instruction times are kinda abysmal even on top of that.
>Definitely makes one curious...
>

The PDP-11 would definitely have had a better I/O system,
more memory and likely not too dissimilar instruction execution
speeds when compared with an 8088; the availability of general
purpose registers on the PDP-11 along with the powerful
addressing modes would also likely have required a smaller
text footprint than the 8088.

Given that a early 70's PDP-8e could support a half dozen or
more interactive users with TSS/8.24, I find Lawrence's
bald assertion about the PDP-11 difficult to accept.

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#69833

FromPeter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com>
Date2025-07-21 16:04 -0700
Message-ID<105mh18$31brt$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69813
On 7/21/25 10:08, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>>>> original PC or PC/XT.
>>>
>>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.
>>
>> Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was
>> an 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s, while the IBM
>> PC was really a bit of a dog thanks to having a 16-bit architecture on
>> an 8-bit bus and the generally poor performance characteristics of the
>> first-generation x86 CPUs. It'd be neat to do a head-to-head shootout.
>> I don't know if it's recorded whether the Bell Labs -11 was core or
>> semiconductor memory (980 vs. 450 ns cycle time;) the PC at 4.77 MHz
>> would have a cycle time of around 209 ns, but with the aforementioned
>> 8-bit bus. As a naive approximation, that might put them anywhere from
>> comparable to around twice the memory bandwidth for the PC...but then
>> the 8088's instruction times are kinda abysmal even on top of that.
>> Definitely makes one curious...
>>
> 
> The PDP-11 would definitely have had a better I/O system,
> more memory and likely not too dissimilar instruction execution
> speeds when compared with an 8088; the availability of general
> purpose registers on the PDP-11 along with the powerful
> addressing modes would also likely have required a smaller
> text footprint than the 8088.

Sorry, I think I did "reply" instead of "followup" - just getting used 
to Thunderbird as a newsreader.

I liked the VAX, but always wondered why DEC didn't do a straight 32-bit 
re-implementation of the PDP-11 instead of going with a totally 
different architecture.

> 
> Given that a early 70's PDP-8e could support a half dozen or
> more interactive users with TSS/8.24, I find Lawrence's
> bald assertion about the PDP-11 difficult to accept.

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#69836

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-07-21 23:06 +0000
Message-ID<105mh5h$4vlk$9@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69833
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:04:08 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

> I liked the VAX, but always wondered why DEC didn't do a straight 32-bit
> re-implementation of the PDP-11 instead of going with a totally
> different architecture.

The VAX was it. How else should it have been done?

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#69846

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2025-07-22 14:46 +0000
Message-ID<%uNfQ.1034907$sKi9.835865@fx14.iad>
In reply to#69833
Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> writes:
>On 7/21/25 10:08, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>>>>> original PC or PC/XT.
>>>>
>>>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>>>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.
>>>
>>> Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was
>>> an 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s, while the IBM
>>> PC was really a bit of a dog thanks to having a 16-bit architecture on
>>> an 8-bit bus and the generally poor performance characteristics of the
>>> first-generation x86 CPUs. It'd be neat to do a head-to-head shootout.
>>> I don't know if it's recorded whether the Bell Labs -11 was core or
>>> semiconductor memory (980 vs. 450 ns cycle time;) the PC at 4.77 MHz
>>> would have a cycle time of around 209 ns, but with the aforementioned
>>> 8-bit bus. As a naive approximation, that might put them anywhere from
>>> comparable to around twice the memory bandwidth for the PC...but then
>>> the 8088's instruction times are kinda abysmal even on top of that.
>>> Definitely makes one curious...
>>>
>> 
>> The PDP-11 would definitely have had a better I/O system,
>> more memory and likely not too dissimilar instruction execution
>> speeds when compared with an 8088; the availability of general
>> purpose registers on the PDP-11 along with the powerful
>> addressing modes would also likely have required a smaller
>> text footprint than the 8088.
>
>Sorry, I think I did "reply" instead of "followup" - just getting used 
>to Thunderbird as a newsreader.
>
>I liked the VAX, but always wondered why DEC didn't do a straight 32-bit 
>re-implementation of the PDP-11 instead of going with a totally 
>different architecture.
>

The 11/780 had compatability mode, which ran PDP-11 code.  Before
VMS 2.0, they were still shipping RSX-11 utilities like PIP with
VMS.

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#69820

FromRich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com>
Date2025-07-21 16:07 -0400
Message-ID<mddcy9t9ukh.fsf@panix5.panix.com>
In reply to#69812
John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

>>> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>>> original PC or PC/XT.  

>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.

> Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was
> an 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s, while the IBM

No, the original port of PDP-7 (18 bit) Unix was to a PDP-11/20, as was the
C reimplementation.

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#69825

FromBob Eager <news0009@eager.cx>
Date2025-07-21 21:16 +0000
Message-ID<me7p0gFrqveU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#69812
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:32:37 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> > For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>> > original PC or PC/XT.
>> 
>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.
> 
> Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was an
> 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s,

Our was acceptable on an 11/40. That was vanilla Sixth Edition.

And not long after, Bell Labs even produced a version that ran on an 
11/20. It wasn't fast, but it worked.



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#69827

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2025-07-21 22:27 +0100
Message-ID<105mbb7$307ge$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69825
On 21/07/2025 22:16, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:32:37 -0700, John Ames wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>>>> original PC or PC/XT.
>>>
>>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.
>>
>> Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was an
>> 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s,
> 
> Our was acceptable on an 11/40. That was vanilla Sixth Edition.
> 
> And not long after, Bell Labs even produced a version that ran on an
> 11/20. It wasn't fast, but it worked.
> 
I remember being one of four on a PDP-11 - can't remember which model - 
compiling 6809 code.

It was bloody slow.

Ultimately I worked on Venix, horribly slow on a 286, Xenix briefly and 
then SCO Unix and something called interactive unix - a sysV PC port.

SCO was usable with up to about 50 users. Way ahead of the PDP.
Then of course SUN SPARCS running BSD. I also worked on Ultrix and Irix 
briefly...for customers

Linux was a godsend. Cheap and ubiquitous.Instant choice for servers by 
the late 90s, and finally a decent GUI desktop in the later noughties


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#69830

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-07-21 22:42 +0000
Message-ID<105mfot$4vlk$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69827
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:27:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> SCO was usable with up to about 50 users. Way ahead of the PDP.

In 1979 or so, the main machine at the University where I was a student 
was an 11/70 with 768kiB of RAM. It was coping with up to 50 users, but 
only just. The OS was DEC’s own RSTS/E.

Remember that Unix would have seemed quite a bloated and inefficient OS by 
comparison, back in those days.

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#69835

FromPeter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com>
Date2025-07-21 16:06 -0700
Message-ID<105mh4p$31brt$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69827
On 7/21/25 14:27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 21/07/2025 22:16, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:32:37 -0700, John Ames wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:14:12 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> For sure it's a really limited Unix port since the target HW is the
>>>>> original PC or PC/XT.
>>>>
>>>> Which is still way more powerful than an early-1970s-vintage PDP-11,
>>>> which is what Bell Labs Unix was originally developed on, and for.
>>>
>>> Hmm, that's an interesting question, actually - the Bell Labs -11 was an
>>> 11/45, which was much faster than the original -11s,
>>
>> Our was acceptable on an 11/40. That was vanilla Sixth Edition.
>>
>> And not long after, Bell Labs even produced a version that ran on an
>> 11/20. It wasn't fast, but it worked.
>>
> I remember being one of four on a PDP-11 - can't remember which model - 
> compiling 6809 code.
> 
> It was bloody slow.
> 
> Ultimately I worked on Venix, horribly slow on a 286, Xenix briefly and 
> then SCO Unix and something called interactive unix - a sysV PC port.
> 
> SCO was usable with up to about 50 users. Way ahead of the PDP.
> Then of course SUN SPARCS running BSD. I also worked on Ultrix and Irix 
> briefly...for customers
> 
> Linux was a godsend. Cheap and ubiquitous.Instant choice for servers by 
> the late 90s, and finally a decent GUI desktop in the later noughties
> 

Desktop Linux now up to 6% and growing rapidly. Must thank Microsoft for 
the boost. If you count the various versions of windows separately, I 
think they're around 20-some % each.

> 

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