<![CDATA[OTD 1977: The first #UNIX port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32.]]>OTD 1977: The first port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32.

http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/bits/Interdata/32bit/unix/univWollongong_v6/miller.pdf

At Princeton, we were the first to *start* a UNIX port, but it was not completed until I went to Amdahl.
Wollongong also beat out the Bell Labs Interdata 8/32 port by a few months

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Tarah/statuses/116484613982349254https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Tarah/statuses/116484613982349254Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:09:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OTD 1977: The first #UNIX port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:13:16 GMT]]>@aka_pugs

Bloody ripper UNIX port.

Nobody named Bruce was involved.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/darryl_ramm/statuses/116484158050874890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/darryl_ramm/statuses/116484158050874890Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:13:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OTD 1977: The first #UNIX port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:57 GMT]]>@aka_pugs referenced in that article: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/357980.358014 - ‘The Unix Time-Sharing System’

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mikemccabe/statuses/116483924768442444https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mikemccabe/statuses/116483924768442444Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OTD 1977: The first #UNIX port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:03:37 GMT]]>@a @aka_pugs And to RISC-V!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/me_/statuses/116483884158646134https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/me_/statuses/116483884158646134Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:03:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OTD 1977: The first #UNIX port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:01:33 GMT]]>@aka_pugs @me_ Incidentally, Richard Miller is also the main person responsible for the plan 9 port to the raspberry pi.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/116483876002783030https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/116483876002783030Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:01:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OTD 1977: The first #UNIX port boots at the University of Wollongong, on their Interdata 7/32. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:38:30 GMT]]>@aka_pugs Ah Wollongong ... https://youtu.be/o60GswkPzxc?si=LwMtnHHr87fSnbCR&t=129

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