25 Mar
2015
25 Mar
'15
2:16 p.m.
Ok, the first question is:
Has anyone got Unix sysv running on PDP-11 via simh?
I downloaded some files from archive.org which included the file
'sys_V_tape' but so far I haven't got anywhere with it. Looks
interesting though.
Second question is:
What is the deal with Unix version 8? Except for the manuals v8 seems
to have disappeared into the twilight zone. Wikipedia doesn't say
much, only "Used internally, and only licensed for educational use".
So can we look at the source code? Was it sold in binary form only?
Ok, now the big question:
Does anything at all exist of PDP-7 Unics? All I know about is that
there was a B language interpreter. Maybe a printout of the manual has
survived?
Mark
25 Mar
25 Mar
2:30 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Mark Longridge <cubexyz(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Does anything at all exist of PDP-7 Unics? All I know
about is that
there was a B language interpreter. Maybe a printout of the manual has
survived?
The
restoration of 1st Edition UNIX can be found at
https://code.google.com/p/unix-jun72/
although since Google Code is going away, I hope Warren can get it moved
to his own archives and/or bitsavers.
Clem
2:39 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Mark Longridge
<cubexyz(a)gmail.com> wrote:
First edition is still PDP-11 Unix, I believe.
I remember Dennis Ritchie showing me the source to PDP-7 Unix in his office
once. It was in a bound book of sorts; the pages were copy from a line
printer. I don't know what happened to that...does anyone have a copy?
- Dan C.
Does anything at all exist of PDP-7 Unics? All I
know about is that
there was a B language interpreter. Maybe a printout of the manual has
survived?
The
restoration of 1st Edition UNIX can be found at
https://code.google.com/p/unix-jun72/
although since Google Code is going away, I hope Warren can get it moved
to his own archives and/or bitsavers.
9:51 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 09:16:26AM -0400, Mark Longridge wrote:
Does anything at all exist of PDP-7 Unics? All I know
about is that
there was a B language interpreter. Maybe a printout of the manual has
survived?
I asked Dennis Ritchie this question a few times. He did say that he had
fragmentary printouts of some source code. Then in 2009 he wrote:
In other news, I have found the book that has the listings
that I knew I had, that of (some) of the user-level commands.
I wonder what's the best way to get it scanned?
That's as far as we got. Now that he has passed on, I imagine that the
task of obtaining the book is nigh on impossible. I suppose that raises
the question, did Dennis' computing effects get "saved" in any way?
Cheers, Warren
P.S. I must do the Google code to github migration, thanks Clem.
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