First unix system I can remember using was an ancient pdp 8 in the physics lab at uni. They taught us basics like filesystem, how to write shell using ed, etc, it didn't have vi. Then a bit later on I did an actual programming course on a vax running dec unix. I guess that was roughly around early to mid 80s, maybe around 1983 or 4?. Before the unix stuff I was programming 8-bit micros (z80, 6502) and of course got heavily into PCs once they came out. I think the first unix I ever ran on a pc was actually mark williams coherent, which I really liked, that was even before I got my first version of linux or freebsd. I worked programming RS/6000 series machines running AIX for several years too; that was nice hardware. And I've written a ton of commercial product software running on linux over the years. I've always had a second string in electronics design, embedded, etc. I think I first got playing with freebsd some time in the early 2000's, I think it was probably version 4, but it's hard to remember now.
And now... I'm writing this on a little N100 mini pc, the whole machine measures about 6" x 6" x 2", which has several orders of magnitude more CPU mips, RAM and storage than anything I used back then.. and its running unix!
And now... I'm writing this on a little N100 mini pc, the whole machine measures about 6" x 6" x 2", which has several orders of magnitude more CPU mips, RAM and storage than anything I used back then.. and its running unix!
