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Subject: Re: PDP/LSI 11 based Minix ?
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Date: 21 Feb 89 16:08:00 GMT
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Written 10:28 am  Feb 20, 1989 by enlog.UUCP!tdavis in cpe:comp.os.minix */
>In article <9310@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> hackeron@athena.mit.edu (Harris L Gilliam) writes:
>>	Has anyone tried a Minix port to PDP/LSI 11 based machines ?
>Your question brings us full circle. I suggest you talk to Dennis Ritchie.
>If my history is correct, he developed the original UNIX(tm) on the
>DEC PDP-11.  YOU COULD HAVE REAL UNIX!  I bet he would even send you
>the original source code. Of course it might be a few versions out of date...

I got two curiosity questions:
	What does Dennis Ritchie think of Minix?
	How big is the source code for Unix on the PDP-11?

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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