On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 15:18:34 -0600, Warner Losh wrote: >> >> > >> > The topic for my talk next week. Unix had virtualization in 74. The >> second >> > Unix port ran under OS/360's VM in 78. >> > >> >> What do you mean by "Unix had virtualization"? >> > > I mean that 4th edition UNIX ran under a hypervisor in MERT in 74 as a > process in that real-time executive. >
Oh. I thought maybe you meant Unix was able to do virtualization. What's special about being able to run under a hypervisor? If the hypervisor does it's job right, whatever is running under it should not be aware that it is not running directly on hardware. > >> Come to think of it, what do you mean by "OS/360's VM"? >> > > IBM's standard VM/360. Sorry for the confusion. > CP/67 or something like that maybe? I don't think there was a VM/360 either. Regards, Peter Coghlan. > > That will teach me to reply on my phone... > > Warner > > >> Regards, >> Peter Coghlan >>