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  1. Are there any #MC68000 #mc68k gurus in the audience?
    If a program running in usermode accesses the vectors via a data access instruction - what does the 68010 indicate on the function code pins?
    Are vector reads escalated to being supervisor code/data reads, even though the code which triggered them is user-mode?

    I'm trying to figure out why dereferencing a null pointer is 'fine' on a real #UnixPC but causes problems with the FreeBee emulator (if I disable vector access promotion).

  2. Here's my #throwbackthursday contribution. This was my bedroom in 1988.

    The large rack contained my #pdp11 34, with an RL02 drive under it. In the corner is an ATT #3b1 (aka #unixpc), with an old #mac next to it.

    The thing I really miss is the #dec #gigi terminal in the middle. Very hard to find now. It was a graphics #vt100 compatible terminal.

    The PDP11 ran #rsts. There's 2 more racks full of hardware for it off to the left. Was like being next to jetliner when it was running.