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> seeing them as havens of portability Was that in absolute, or relative terms? Since portability between OS/360 and TOPS-10, for example, was non-existent.
by jhgb 5y ago
> seeing them as havens of portability
Was that in absolute, or relative terms? Since portability between OS/360 and TOPS-10, for example, was non-existent.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoNot only. The PDP-11 had 5 (6? 7?) different and incompatible OS options available for the same instruction set and hardware. Which - of course - varied somewhat different across different models.