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Jnc: sometimes now called 4.0; typos

2022-07-03T13:18:14Z

sometimes now called 4.0; typos

Jnc: /* External links */ typo

2022-07-03T13:14:39Z

‎External links: typo

Jnc: /* External links */ Fabry proposal

2022-07-03T13:13:06Z

‎External links: Fabry proposal

Jnc: Jnc moved page 4.0 BSD to 4BSD: Name in contemporary docs

2022-06-22T11:34:28Z

Jnc moved page 4.0 BSD to 4BSD: Name in contemporary docs

Jnc: original name in header, /* External links */ +TUHS

2022-06-22T11:33:49Z

original name in header, ‎External links: +TUHS

Neozeed: Tom Yam is the site, Naoki Hamada is the person! oops!!!

2011-08-30T14:43:57Z

Tom Yam is the site, Naoki Hamada is the person! oops!!!

Neozeed at 20:00, 28 August 2011

2011-08-28T20:00:45Z

Neozeed at 19:30, 28 August 2011

2011-08-28T19:30:00Z

Neozeed: goofed formatting

2011-08-28T19:29:42Z

goofed formatting

Neozeed at 19:29, 28 August 2011

2011-08-28T19:29:13Z

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 }}
-'''4BSD''' from [[Computer Systems Research Group|CSRG]] at Berkeley improves upon the [[3BSD]] release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals".
+'''4BSD''' (sometimes now called '''4.0BSD''', but this name was not used at the time) from [[Computer Systems Research Group|CSRG]] at Berkeley improves upon the [[3BSD]] release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals".
 == How do I get this to run?! ==
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 There is also the historical document [[Setting up (BSD 4.0) the Fourth Berkeley Software Tape|Setting up the Fourth Berkeley Software Tape]].
-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.
+Currently if you enable the [[DZ11]] ttys you'll get a bunch of 'ZERO VECTOR UBA RESET: dz up 'errors...  So this isn't very useful 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..
+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 appearance in this version of BSD Unix..
 == games ==

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 * [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD 4BSD] - distro at [[The Unix Heritage Society|TUHS]]
-* [https://www.jslite.net/notes/joy2.pdf Proposal for enhancement of UNIX on the VAX] - Berkeley's proposal to [[DARPA]] that led to 4.0 ad its successors
+* [https://www.jslite.net/notes/joy2.pdf Proposal for enhancement of UNIX on the VAX] - Berkeley's proposal to [[DARPA]] that led to 4.0 and its successors
 {{Nav Unix}}
 [[Category: CSRG BSD]]

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 * [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD 4BSD] - distro at [[The Unix Heritage Society|TUHS]]
 {{Nav Unix}}
 [[Category: CSRG BSD]]

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 {{Infobox OS
 | image = 40bsd.png
-| caption = Logging into a 4 BSD system
+| caption = Logging into a 4BSD system
-| name = 4 BSD
+| name = 4BSD
 | creator = CSRG
 | current version = 4.0 (1980)
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 }}
-.0 BSD improves upon the [[3 BSD]] release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals"..
+'''4BSD''' from [[Computer Systems Research Group|CSRG]] at Berkeley improves upon the [[3BSD]] release with curses, better job control, csh, and "reliable signals".
 == How do I get this to run?! ==
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 == 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...  It's worth noting that the [[zork]] binary made it's appearence in this version of BSD Unix..
+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 ==
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 backgammon  chess       hangman     quiz        zork
 </pre>
 {{Nav Unix}}
 [[Category:CSRG BSD]]

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 == 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 Tom Yam [http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/ here] for more information.
+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.
 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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	You can follow the guide [[Installing 4.0 BSD on SIMH]], which was derived from the excellent work of Tom Yam [http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/ here] for more information.		You can follow the guide [[Installing 4.0 BSD on SIMH]], which was derived from the excellent work of Tom Yam [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]].

	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.		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.