what is V32 unix - Does it run on VAX?

[John Derry]

I've just discovered the archived V7 and Ultrix-11 images and sources,
released by Caldera ( been sleeping I guess ). Along with them are V32
sources. My quesions:

1. What is V32 Unix? Is it a 32-bit implementation of V7 or Ultrix-11 ?

2. Does it use simple v7 disk swapping vrs. page-fault virtual memory?

3. Did it run on VAX?

Thanks, John

[William Pechter]

In article <45119be0$0$19893$ed96...@news.felx.com>,

John Derry <jo...@bitbots.org> wrote:
>I've just discovered the archived V7 and Ultrix-11 images and sources,
>released by Caldera ( been sleeping I guess ). Along with them are V32
>sources. My quesions:
>
>1. What is V32 Unix? Is it a 32-bit implementation of V7 or Ultrix-11 ?

AFAIK It's pretty much a VAX port of V7 (It's pre-SYSIII).

>
>2. Does it use simple v7 disk swapping vrs. page-fault virtual memory?
>

Yup.

It thinks a VAX is a PDP11 with lots of memory.

>3. Did it run on VAX?
>

Yup.

Should run on an 11/780. Don't know if it worked on an 11/750 or 11/730 or not.

>Thanks, John

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[John Derry]

William Pechter wrote:
> In article <45119be0$0$19893$ed96...@news.felx.com>,
> John Derry <jo...@bitbots.org> wrote:
>
>>I've just discovered the archived V7 and Ultrix-11 images and sources,
>>released by Caldera ( been sleeping I guess ). Along with them are V32
>>sources. My quesions:
>>
>>1. What is V32 Unix? Is it a 32-bit implementation of V7 or Ultrix-11 ?
>
>
> AFAIK It's pretty much a VAX port of V7 (It's pre-SYSIII).
>
>
>>2. Does it use simple v7 disk swapping vrs. page-fault virtual memory?
>>
>
>
> Yup.
>
> It thinks a VAX is a PDP11 with lots of memory.
>

Ahh, so this is really the same 16 bit- C code still run in 16 bit word
size of the "PDP with lots of memory", yes?