[GTALUG] Unix approaching 50

Christopher Browne cbbrowne at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 18:11:19 EST 2018


As Unix approaches its 50th anniversary, some folks have assembled a
site where you can access amazing simulations of the early days...

This has simulations of various editions of Unix, including, it would
appear, "version 0," aka UNICS

https://unix50.org/

SDF Public Access UNIX System presents ...

   /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/
   /~/~ H Y S T E R I C A L ~ U N I X ~ S Y S T E M S ~/~/
   /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/

    [a]  UNICS (Version Zero)   PDP-7       Summer   1969
    [c]  Fifth Edition UNIX     PDP-11/40   June     1974
    [d]  Sixth Edition UNIX     PDP-11/45   May      1975
    [e]  Seventh Edition UNIX   PDP-11/70   January  1979
    [f]  Research UNIX 8        VAX-11/780           1981
    [g]  AT&T UNIX System III   PDP-11/70   Fall     1982
    [h]  AT&T UNIX System V     PDP-11/70            1983
    [i]  AT&T UNIX System V     3b2/400              1984
    [j]  2.11 BSD               PDP-11/70   January  1991

    [q]  QUIT (and run away in fear!)
    User contributed tutorials are at https://sdf.org/?tutorials

Also worth consulting include...
https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo
https://lwn.net/Articles/725297/
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