Tripos started on PDP11, but had already been ported to 68k - just needed the exec glue code. Don't think the story ever properly came out but you get the impre

Tripos started on PDP11, but had already been ported to 68k - just needed the exec glue code. Don't think the story ever properly came out but you get the impression it was the week or weekend before. :) The weird data thing was because of BCPL language - it only understood words, not bytes.