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- | UNIX/TS Release 4 was a major release of the USG UNIX/TS line in the Bell System in 1981. Unlike the prior and following versions which were released as System III and System V respectively, | + | ====== UNIX Release 4 ====== |
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+ | **Release Date:** June 1981\\ | ||
+ | **Released By:** AT& | ||
+ | **Source Code:** No known source code preserved\\ | ||
+ | **Documentation: | ||
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+ | UNIX Release 4 was a major release of the PWB/UNIX line in the Bell System in 1981. Unlike the prior and following versions which were released as System III and System V respectively, | ||
Many of the changes which were first encountered outside of the Bell System in UNIX System V truly had their start in Release 4. Examples of such features which originated in Release 4: | Many of the changes which were first encountered outside of the Bell System in UNIX System V truly had their start in Release 4. Examples of such features which originated in Release 4: | ||
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* The LP Print System | * The LP Print System | ||
* Semaphores, Shared Memory, and Message Handling (IPC) matching System V introduced in 4.1 | * Semaphores, Shared Memory, and Message Handling (IPC) matching System V introduced in 4.1 | ||
- | * The SGS (System Generation Software) | + | * The System Generation Software |
* The termio terminal handling framework | * The termio terminal handling framework | ||
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+ | Current documentation proven to exist for Release 4 include: | ||
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+ | * Documents for UNIX Release 4.0 (https:// | ||
+ | * UNIX Reference Guide Release 4.0 (https:// | ||
+ | * UNIX User's Manual Release 4.1 (3B20) (https:// | ||
+ | * UNIX Programming Starter Package (https:// | ||
+ | * UNIX Text Editing and Phototypesetting Starter Package (Archival in Progress) | ||
+ | * Note: the two above " | ||
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+ | Additional documentation cited in the above: | ||
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+ | * UNIX Administrator' | ||
+ | * UNIX User's Guide | ||
Note: This is material that is, as of this typing, being actively uncovered and investigated, | Note: This is material that is, as of this typing, being actively uncovered and investigated, | ||
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+ | Nomenclature of this release is still being discussed. | ||
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+ | The major version numbering scheme derives from PWB/UNIX as evidenced in this thread: https:// |
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