Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA00729 for pups-liszt; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:41:02 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au) X-Authentication-Warning: minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au: major set sender to owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au using -f Received: from timaxp.trailing-edge.com (trailing-edge.wdn.com [198.232.144.27]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA00724 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:40:53 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from SHOPPA@trailing-edge.com) From: SHOPPA@trailing-edge.com Received: by timaxp.trailing-edge.com for PUPS@MINNIE.CS.ADFA.EDU.AU; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:32:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:32:07 -0500 To: PUPS@MINNIE.CS.ADFA.EDU.AU Message-Id: <981122113207.2a2001df@trailing-edge.com> Subject: What *was* the Tahoe? Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au Precedence: bulk I've been looking over the 4.3BSD Tahoe and Reno distributions available in the PUPS archive, and have (what I hope) is a rather simple question: What is the "Tahoe"? It seems - based on the documentation supplied in the Tahoe-specific installation docs - that "Tahoe" generically refers to any of several VERSAbus machines in the Berkeley EECS department. The CCI (Computer Consoles Inc.) Power 6/32 is frequently mentioned as the CPU, but the Harris HCX-7, the Unisys 7000/40, and ICL Clan 7 are also mentioned. Are these all the same architecture and instruction set, or are they different? How was the CPU implemented - on a chip? On a chipset? On a board? On multiple boards? The information regarding peripherals is a bit clearer. There appear to be many different supported VERSABus SMD-drive controllers and at least one supported VERSABus 9-track controller. Are any of the Berkeley EECS Tahoe machines still up and running? How many were there? How many were outside Berkeley? Tim. (shoppa@trailing-edge.com)