[Info-vax] RMS intro

[bill]

On 1/2/2024 12:41 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <umvlnj$2cmas$1 at dont-email.me>,
> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:s.
> 
>> And they have known about both concepts for a long
>> time. WSL1 concept goes back to 90's - Win32 API on
>> top of NT kernel and Win9x kernel.
> 
> Not really, but the basic concept of emulating a system
> interface on another system goes much further back than
> that; e.g., PA1050 on TOPS-20, or the DTSS environment on
> Multics.

And lets not forget The Software Tools Virtual Operating System
in 1980 that gave you a bunch of the Unix API on everything from
CP/M to Exec-8 on the Univac 1100 including all of the DEC systems
of the time.  :-)

bill