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====== System III ====== | ====== System III ====== | ||
- | **Release Date:**\\ | + | **Release Date: |
- | **Released By:**\\ | + | **Released By:** AT& |
- | **Source Code:** A portion of the PDP-11 code is browsable in the [[https://minnie.tuhs.org/ | + | **Source Code:** A portion of the PDP-11 code is browsable in the [[https://www.tuhs.org/ |
**Documentation: | **Documentation: | ||
- | More information soon. | + | From [[https:// |
+ | UNIX System III (or System 3) is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system released by AT& | ||
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+ | AT&T announced System III in late 1981, and it was first released outside of Bell Labs in 1982. UNIX System III was a mix of various AT&T Unixes: Version 7 Unix, PWB/UNIX 2.0, CB UNIX 3.0, UNIX/RT and UNIX/32V. System III supported the DEC PDP-11 and VAX computers. | ||
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+ | Per: https:// | ||
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+ | UNIX Release 3 which would go on to be the basis of System III was envisioned as the next PWB release, PWB/UNIX 3.0. However, marketing decided that the name should be made less intimidating to non-programmer users and opted to simply rename this as System III externally. |
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