Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:28:50 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why I Don't Do Linux Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000215000544.93165A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000214222418.04a7f900@localhost>
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > As I recall, TOPS-20 emulated both TOPS-10 and TENEX/TWENEX. It ran user-mode TOPS-10 programs through a system call translator, not unlike what FreeBSD does for Linux support. TOPS-10 had some features that made is superior to TOPS-20, like better SMP support. > > > At 05:57 PM 2/14/2000 , David Scheidt wrote: > > >On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > > > > > Ah. TWENEX, the predecessor of TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, succeeded ITS as > > > >Only of TOPS-20. TOPS-10 is a different animal. It shipped with source, by > >the way. > > > >David Scheidt > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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