Unix SYSIII
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| SYSIII | |
| Image:SYSIII.png Logging into a SYSIII system | |
| Type: | Multitasking, multiuser |
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| Creator: | Bell Labs / AT&T / Western Electric |
| Architecture: | VAX, PDP11 probably others |
| Current Version: | 1.0 (1982) |
| Year Introduced: | 1982 |
SYSIII was the first commercial release of UNIX by AT&T. The 32bit version was based on 32v while the 16bit version was based on Seventh Edition Unix.
I don't think this version saw widespread adoptation, compared to the BSD's.
Besides Xenix, was there any other adoptions of SYSIII??
How do I get this to run?!
Right now, you don't. SYSIII is still copyrited. At one point SCO sold legacy licenses for $100 USD, and I did purchase one, but this is not free, nor abandonware.
SIMH cannot run the boot tape fully, and my attempts at hacking together a minimal system are fraught with filesystem corruption.
What Runs?
Right now I can't seem to get more then 4 or 5 programs onto a disk before it corrupts.
| v • d • eUnix Versions, Vendors and Related |
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| Research Unix - Sixth Edition Unix • Seventh Edition Unix • 32v
BSD - 3 BSD • 4.0 BSD • 4.2 BSD • 4.3 BSD • NeXTSTEP • NetBSD • OpenBSD |
