[TriLUG] [TriLUG Meeting Reminder] March 12 -The PDP-11 and the roots of Linux

[Maryam Abkar via TriLUG]

Hello Everyone!

Our monthly meeting is next week, Thursday! we have an extra special
meeting in store folks all about the PDP-11, don't want to miss out!

*Topic*: The PDP-11 and the roots of Linux
*Presenter*: Dwain Sims
*When:* Thursday, 12 March 2026 - 7:00 to 9:00pm at North Carolina College
of Textiles, room 2207
*Summary: *Let's explore UNIX on the Digital PDP-11/70 and the Emulator
simh. We will mimic the original hardware using the PiDP-11 kit at about
1/10 the size, 1/50 the weight and 100x the capability. At probably way
less than 1% of the price. We will take a look:
* The original PDP-11
* UNIX on the PDP-11
* Building a PDP-11 emulator with the PiDP-11
* Open Source simh
* Serial Terminals and other fun things.

Dwain Sims has been attending TriLug since 2008. He became a Triangle
resident in August 2000, relocating with his wife and 3 (now 4) kids from
the Bay Area in California. Dwain has a Master's Degree in Computer Science
from West Virginia University, and has worked for so many companies that
it's getting hard to count them. Among these were Lockheed, Sun
Microsystems, SteelEye Technology, Fusion-io, SanDisk, and finally SUSE
where he started in 2018 and retired in January 2025. Dwain and his wife
Cleo have been doing some traveling (Florida, California, and Alaska in
2025) and are looking forward to their first granddaughter who should
arrive this summer.

Hope to see you all there!
Maryam A.