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**Release Date:** 1982\\ | **Release Date:** 1982\\ | ||
**Released By:** AT& | **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/ |
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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. | 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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+ | 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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