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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 09:55:25 -0700
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Subject: CM> Re: sixth edition unix + PDP-11
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Additional information on sixth-edition Unix is available in this book:
Lions' Commentary on Unix : With Source Code by John Lions
6th Edition
Paperback
Published by Peer to Peer Communications Publication date: July 1,1996
Dimensions (in inches): 10.96 x 8.37 x .54 ISBN: 1573980137
http://www.peer-to-peer.com/catalog/history/lions.htm http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D1573980137
This book (an underground classic) contains the source code and Lions' cogent discussion.
Also, Bob Supnik of Digital Equipment Corporation has written emulators for the PDP-11 (as well as a number of other vintage computers), and has negotiated hobbyist licenses for 5th, 6th, and 7th edition Unix among others. See:
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/sim/README
for pointers to the emulators (in C source code for Unix and Windows) and operating system disk images or:
http://www.digital.com/info/DTJN0/
for an article in the Digital Technical Journal by Bob and Max Burnet on "Preservation of Historical Computer Systems".
And of course there's the PDP Unix Preservation Society at:
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/
Paul McJones
mcjones@pa.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation
Systems Research Center
______________________________________________________________________
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Subject: CM> Re: sixth edition unix + PDP-11
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In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:53:52 -0400 from "CYHIST
Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
<9704170454.AA15163@mail2.digital.com>
______________________________________________________________________
Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Additional information on sixth-edition Unix is available in this book:
Lions' Commentary on Unix : With Source Code by John Lions
6th Edition
Paperback
Published by Peer to Peer Communications Publication date: July 1,1996
Dimensions (in inches): 10.96 x 8.37 x .54 ISBN: 1573980137
http://www.peer-to-peer.com/catalog/history/lions.htm http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D1573980137
This book (an underground classic) contains the source code and Lions' cogent discussion.
Also, Bob Supnik of Digital Equipment Corporation has written emulators for the PDP-11 (as well as a number of other vintage computers), and has negotiated hobbyist licenses for 5th, 6th, and 7th edition Unix among others. See:
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/sim/README
for pointers to the emulators (in C source code for Unix and Windows) and operating system disk images or:
http://www.digital.com/info/DTJN0/
for an article in the Digital Technical Journal by Bob and Max Burnet on "Preservation of Historical Computer Systems".
And of course there's the PDP Unix Preservation Society at:
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/
Paul McJones
mcjones@pa.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation
Systems Research Center
______________________________________________________________________
