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**Release Date:** Developed from mid-1969 to the end of 1970\\ | **Release Date:** Developed from mid-1969 to the end of 1970\\ | ||
**Released By:** Never released outside of Bell Labs\\ | **Released By:** Never released outside of Bell Labs\\ | ||
- | **Source Code: Partially reconstructed from original listings | + | **Source Code:** [[https:// |
- | **Documentation: | + | **Documentation: |
Ken Thompson began the development of the system that was to become Unix, first as a file system on paper and then on a " | Ken Thompson began the development of the system that was to become Unix, first as a file system on paper and then on a " | ||
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===== Extant PDP-7 Unix Source Code ===== | ===== Extant PDP-7 Unix Source Code ===== | ||
- | The only extant source code from the PDP-7 version of Unix appears | + | For many years, the only extant source code from the PDP-7 version of Unix appeared |
I happened to dredge up an old notebook and found a listing of the PDP-7 version of dsw. Because several people have approached me recently about reviving a version of PDP-7 Unix as a sort of paleontological exhibit, and because the subject has been discussed here, I thought people might be interested in seeing the code. I first considered net.sources, | I happened to dredge up an old notebook and found a listing of the PDP-7 version of dsw. Because several people have approached me recently about reviving a version of PDP-7 Unix as a sort of paleontological exhibit, and because the subject has been discussed here, I thought people might be interested in seeing the code. I first considered net.sources, | ||
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In October 2009, Dennis sent Warren Toomey a private e-mail that said "In other news, I have found the book that has the [PDP-7] listings that I knew I had, that of (some) of the user-level commands. I wonder what's the best way to get it scanned?" | In October 2009, Dennis sent Warren Toomey a private e-mail that said "In other news, I have found the book that has the [PDP-7] listings that I knew I had, that of (some) of the user-level commands. I wonder what's the best way to get it scanned?" | ||
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+ | In 2016, [[https:// | ||
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+ | October 2019 saw another notebook of listings discovered (by Dennis Ritchie' | ||
===== PDP-9 Unix ===== | ===== PDP-9 Unix ===== | ||
- | In several places, including the [[http:// | + | In several places, including the [[http:// |
The [PDP-]7, 9, 15 were very compatible. | The [PDP-]7, 9, 15 were very compatible. |
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