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4.0 BSD improves uppon the [[3 BSD]] release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals"..
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4.0 BSD improves upon the [[3 BSD]] release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals"..
  
 
== How do I get this to run?! ==
 
== How do I get this to run?! ==
  
Right now, make sure you have the [[VAX-11/780]] emulator from [[SIMH]] 3.8-0 or higher, then go to [http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/ http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/] for more information.
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You can follow the guide [[Installing 4.0 BSD on SIMH]], which was derived from the excellent work of Naoki Hamada [http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/ here] for more information.
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There is also the historical document [[Setting up (BSD 4.0) the Fourth Berkeley Software Tape|Setting up the Fourth Berkeley Software Tape]].
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Currently if you enable the dz ttys you'll get a bunch of 'ZERO VECTOR UBA RESET: dz up 'errors... So this isn't very usfull if you were hoping for some kind of multi user system.  The only 'good' thing is the 32v idle in simh-3.8-0 works well on this version.
  
 
== What Runs? ==  
 
== What Runs? ==  
  
 
Not very much.... 4 BSD does not provide any modern networking, and the C compiler is far from ANSI.
 
Not very much.... 4 BSD does not provide any modern networking, and the C compiler is far from ANSI.
Also keep in mind that 4 BSD does *NOT* include any TCP/IP networking...
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Also keep in mind that 4 BSD does *NOT* include any TCP/IP networking... It's worth noting that the [[zork]] binary made it's appearence in this version of BSD Unix..
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== games ==
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<pre>
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aardvark    banner      ching      lib        snake
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adventure  bcd        cribbage    mille      snscore
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advfiles    bogdict    fish        monop      trek
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arithmetic  boggle      fortune    number      wump
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backgammon  chess      hangman    quiz        zork
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</pre>
  
 
{{Nav Unix}}
 
{{Nav Unix}}
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[[Category:CSRG BSD]]

Revision as of 15:43, 30 August 2011


4 BSD
40bsd.png
Logging into a 4 BSD system
Type: Multitasking, multiuser
Creator: CSRG
Architecture: VAX, theoretically portable
This Version: 4.0 (1980)
Date Released: 1980


4.0 BSD improves upon the 3 BSD release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals"..

How do I get this to run?!

You can follow the guide Installing 4.0 BSD on SIMH, which was derived from the excellent work of Naoki Hamada here for more information.

There is also the historical document Setting up the Fourth Berkeley Software Tape.

Currently if you enable the dz ttys you'll get a bunch of 'ZERO VECTOR UBA RESET: dz up 'errors... So this isn't very usfull if you were hoping for some kind of multi user system. The only 'good' thing is the 32v idle in simh-3.8-0 works well on this version.

What Runs?

Not very much.... 4 BSD does not provide any modern networking, and the C compiler is far from ANSI. Also keep in mind that 4 BSD does *NOT* include any TCP/IP networking... It's worth noting that the zork binary made it's appearence in this version of BSD Unix..

games

aardvark    banner      ching       lib         snake
adventure   bcd         cribbage    mille       snscore
advfiles    bogdict     fish        monop       trek
arithmetic  boggle      fortune     number      wump
backgammon  chess       hangman     quiz        zork