######################################################################### # 3BSD/4BSD versions # ######################################################################### # $Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2000/06/25 08:35:26 $ # # [wkt] Most refs from pg 164 & 165 of QCU. I should also peruse Kirk's # CSRG CD set for verification of details. 3bsd Name: 3BSD Date: 1980-03 Reference: last-mod timestamps in Distributions/ucb/3bsd.tar Successor to 32V Code taken from 2bsd # virtual memory, page replacement, # demand paging 4bsd Name: 4BSD Date: 1980-10 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 164 Successor to 3bsd 1000 4.1bsd Name: 4.1BSD Date: 1981-06 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 164 Successor to 4bsd 1000 4.1absd Name: 4.1a BSD Date: 1982-04 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 164 Successor to 4.1bsd 1000 # alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B] 4.1bbsd Name: 4.1b BSD # [wkt] Month in date is bogus. I made it up to make the graph look ok. Date: 1982-08 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 164 Successor to 4.1absd 1000 # internal release, fast filesystem [44B] 4.1cbsd Name: 4.1c BSD # [wkt] Month in date is bogus. I made it up to make the graph look ok. Date: 1982-12 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 164 Successor to 4.1bbsd 1000 # beta release, IPC [44B] 4.2bsd Name: 4.2BSD Date: 1983-09 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 164 Successor to 4.1cbsd # Landmark filesystem change. # VAX hardware support extended to 11/730. # Now runs on 11/780, 11/750, 11/730. 4.3bsd Name: 4.3BSD Date: 1986-06 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 165 Successor to 4.2bsd 1000 # Code taken from DEC Ultrix with DEC's blessing # DNS added to the standard libc # (no MX records in Sendmail, though). # Added DEC's VAX 8600 and TMSCP support code # with DEC's blessing. # Added kernel-only support for MicroVAX II # (KA630). Without DEC's help! # It's unusable, though. 4.3tahoe Name: 4.3BSD Tahoe Date: 1988-06 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 165 Successor to 4.3bsd # Code taken from CCI's 4.2BSD-based vendor release # tahoe architecture support added. # VAX hardware support enhancements: # MicroVAX II (KA630) support made actually # usable and extended to support QVSS and # QDSS graphics. # VAX 8200 support added by Chris Torek. # New drivers for disk MSCP (U/Q and BI). # No distribution tapes for VAX ever shipped, # though. # MX record support in Sendmail! net1 Name: BSD Net/1 Date: 1988-11 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 165 Code taken from 4.3tahoe 4.3reno Name: 4.3BSD Reno Date: 1990-06 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 165 Successor to 4.3tahoe 1000 # Influenced by Sun and DEC vendor systems (NFS and /var) # experimental hp300 architecture support added. # MicroVAX support extended to KA650 (MicroVAX III) # everywhere except the tmscp bootblock. net2 Name: BSD Net/2 Date: 1991-06 Reference: Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus, pg 165 Code taken from 4.3reno 4.4alpha Name: 4.4BSD Alpha Date: 1992-07 Reference: Wolfram Schneider Successor to 4.3reno 1000 4.4bsd Name: 4.4BSD Date: 1993-06 Reference: Usenet postings Successor to 4.4alpha 1000 4.4lite Name: 4.4BSD Lite Date: 1994-03 Reference: Usenet postings Successor to 4.4bsd 1000 4.4lite2 Name: 4.4BSD Lite Release 2 Date: 1995-06 Reference: Usenet postings Successor to 4.4lite 1000 # the true final distribution from the CSRG