When trn says that I/O is handled by the FNP, he actually means terminal I/O and communications I/O. Actual disk, tape, and other peripheral I/O is performed by the Input Output Multiplexer (IOM) — yet another hardware…
We have quite a few machines running ITS, LISPM, and other OSs on the chaosnet today. See https://chaosnet.net for details.
When trn says that I/O is handled by the FNP, he actually means terminal I/O and communications I/O. Actual disk, tape, and other peripheral I/O is performed by the Input Output Multiplexer (IOM) — yet another hardware…
We have quite a few machines running ITS, LISPM, and other OSs on the chaosnet today. See https://chaosnet.net for details.