====== MERT Release 0  ======

**Release Date:** October, 1977\\
**Released By:** Small Systems Planning and Development Department\\
**Source Code: ** None Available\\
**Documentation: ** [[https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/MERT_Release_0|MERT_Release_0]] contains PDF scans of the MERT Release 0 manuals\\

MERT Release 0, otherwise known as UNIX Program Generic 1C600 Issue 1, is a real-time supervisor implementing the UNIX operating environment.  MERT Release 0 follows an earlier version supported by [[people:heinz_lycklama|Heinz Lycklama]] and Douglas Bayer and was to be followed by the UNIX/RT system in fall of 1978 to correspond with the UNIX/TS time-sharing environment.

MERT Release 0 is based on [[systems:usg3|USG Program Generic Issue 3]], released March, 1977.  The manual above consists mainly of the Issue 3 manual with indicated pages replaced with those representing the environment provided in MERT.

More MERT info can be found [[misc:snippets:mert1|here.]]