From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:00:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:00:19 -0400 Received: from smtpnotes.altec.com ([209.149.164.10]:39442 "HELO smtpnotes.altec.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:00:07 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALTEC From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com To: John Adams cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <86256A75.00106D55.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:41:29 -0500 Subject: Re: Microsoft and Xenix. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ah, yes, the RT/PC. That brings back some fond memories. My first exposure to Unix was with AIX on the RT. I still have some of those weird-sized RT AIX manuals around somewhere... Wayne John Adams on 06/23/2001 07:49:42 PM To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec) Subject: Re: Microsoft and Xenix. On Saturday 23 June 2001 10:07, Rob Landley wrote: > Here's what I'm looking for: > > AIX was first introduced for the IBM RT/PC in 1986, which came out of the > early RISC research. It was ported to PS/2 and S/370 by SAA, and was > based on unix SVR2. (The book didn't specify whether the original > version or the version ported to SAA was based on SVR2, I'm guessing both > were.) You are partially correct. AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) was built by the Boston office of Interactive Systems under contract to IBM. We had a maximum of 17 people in the effort which shipped on the RT in January 1986. Prior to that time, Interactive Systems had produced a port of System III running on the PC/XT called PC/IX which was sold via IBM. I used PC/IX to produce the software only floating point code in the first version of AIX. johna - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/