I've just obtained a box of tapes, some of which might be of interest here.
- UNIX/32V V1.0 (w/ typed Bell Labs label): one 2400' 800bpi tape
- Ultrix-32M V1.1 distribution: one 2400' dump tape
- Ultrix-32 & 32M V1.1 Sources: two 2400' 1600bpi tar tapes (2 copies each)
- BSD4.1 distribution: one 2400' 1600bpi tape
- UNIX V5 (handwritten label dated Feb 7 1977): one 2400' tape
- one 400' tape with missing identification label but a typed Bell
Labs notice
- backup of 2 RKs: V6 UNIX master and V6 UNIX additional source:
one 400' 800bpi tape
- C Release 29/9/80 (handwritten): one 2400' tape
- several backup tapes from a V7 system
- several other tapes that appear to be other UNIX system backups
I don't have a 9-track drive, so I can't say that these will be readable (or
even that they haven't been bulk-erased), but I do believe that they have at
least been stored well so far. If any of these look like they could contain
things currently missing from the archives, then I do of course want to make
them available to someone who can try to read them.
--
Kevin Schoedel
schoedel(a)kw.igs.net
Hi,
I'm currently working on an implementation of the Unix 6th Edition's
filesystem for Linux. I think earlier Unix filesystems should be very
similar to it. I would like to implement them, too, but I don't have
exact descriptions of them (for the 6th Edition I've the Lions Book;
there is not much about the actual filesystem architecture in it, but
it should be enough - together with the code ;-).
Please send me descriptions, specifications and everything else
you've about the early Unix filesystems. Also filesystem images are
very welcome as I can use them to test my implementation.
My e-mail account can only handle attachments <3000KB. Please
compress or split the files if they are bigger than 3000KB.
Thank you
Sven
>exact descriptions of them (for the 6th Edition I've the Lions Book;
>there is not much about the actual filesystem architecture in it, but
>it should be enough - together with the code ;-).
You might want to run V6 or V5 on a simulator. For one you can "see"
the filesystem and you can read the man pages, especially fs(5).
Wolfgang
> From: Mike Haertel <mike(a)ducky.net>
> To: tuhs(a)tuhs.org
> Subject: Re: [TUHS] Some tapes
> Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 01:13:55 -0700 (PDT)
>
> I'd also like to point out that the 4.1BSD distribution tape would
> be a nice addition to the TUHS archive. Right now 4.0, 4.1, and
> 4.1[abc] distributions are still missing.
These are available from Kirk McKusick on his 4-CD collection, no?
It'd be good to have them in w/the other stuff all in one place, but
it's not like they aren't available...
Arnold
I'd also like to point out that the 4.1BSD distribution tape would
be a nice addition to the TUHS archive. Right now 4.0, 4.1, and
4.1[abc] distributions are still missing.
Hi,
rsync doesn't seem to work anymore for some time, now, any idea ?
$ rsync -avz --password-file=.passwd au2496@minnie.tuhs.org::UA_Root .
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(151)
same results w/ rsync -avz minnie.tuhs.org::UA_Root .
Cyrille.
--
Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net
In article by Dave Horsfall
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Wolfgang Helbig wrote
>
> > I tried the latest simulator from Bob Supnik, Simh V2.9-6.
> > It simulates DZ11 multiline controllers. Are they supported in UNIX V6.
>
> Not natively, no. Back at Uni of NSW, we did several drivers, getting
> better each time, but I think the sources are lost to antiquity (unless
> someone happens to have those old tapes).
Would AUSAM have any DZ11 drivers? There are several AUSAM tapes in
the Unix Archive, and AUSAM was a deriative of V6.
How about
PDP-11/Distributions/unsw/1/record0.gz dz.c 12999 1978 01 24
PDP-11/Distributions/unsw/4/record0.gz dz.c 13416 1979 08 01
PDP-11/Distributions/unsw/6/record0.gz dz.c 6532 1979 10 30
PDP-11/Distributions/unsw/81/record0.gz dz.c 4761 1979 12 20
PDP-11/Distributions/unsw/83/record0.gz dz.c 4761 1979 08 22
PDP-11/Distributions/unsw/92/92.gz dz.c 7457 1981 09 16
Cheers all,
Warren
> I guess the closest would be the DH-11
The DZ and DH are totally different beasts. The DZ had a 256 word input silo
and interrupt per output character, while the DH was DMA.
There is certainly support for DZ's in V7. It shouldn't be too hard to back port
it to V6
Hi
I tried the latest simulator from Bob Supnik, Simh V2.9-6.
It simulates DZ11 multiline controllers. Are they supported in UNIX V6.
If not, which of the supported ones are closest to DZ11, so I would write
a driver for them.
TIA
Wolfgang
Since I'm no longer employed, I don't have access to any Unix or Windows
boxes to run a PDP/11 emulator. I do have my home computer: a G4 Mac
running MacOS 9.1. Are there any precompiled PDP/11 emulator binaries out
there? I've found a nice PDP/8 emulator, but so far the PDP/11 has eluded
me. I'd like to be able to boot up PDP/11 Unix when the nostalgia urge hits
me.
Oh, BTW, if you know of any jobs in the New York City (NY, NY USA) area for
a 20-year veteran system administrator, I'd love to hear from you!
--
Frank
"They haven't got Brains, any of them, only grey fluff that's blown into
their heads by mistake, and they don't Think."
* Eeyore, "The House at Pooh Corner"
