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   Mike Powell to ALL   
   PDP-11 Articles   
   15 Mar 22 16:59:00   
   
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   As these have been recently discussed here...   
      
   I was checking out osnews.com this morning, and they had linked a couple of   
   articles related to the PDP-11.  The first gives a brief history of the   
   machine, its assembly language, and its architecture, calling it the "most   
   influential minicomputer of all time."   
      
   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-   
   1-the-most-infl   
      
   https://tinyurl.com/3z4bfhyx   
      
   The second article is about running UNIX v6 in an emulator on modern   
   equipment by writing your own device drivers.  The article mentions that   
   this version of UNIX was developed in 1975 on a PDP-11 machine.   
      
   https://mveg.es/posts/writing-a-device-driver-for-unix-v6/   
      
   I thought some of you that are currently attempting to emulate PDP series   
   machines might find these interesting.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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