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	'''Digital UNIX''', initially named '''DEC OSF/1''', is [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]’s version of the [[Open Software Foundation]]'s version of the [[UNIX]] [[operating system]], [[OSF/1]]. It is a replacement for DEC's earlier [[ULTRIX]]. It is based on the [[Mach]] [[microkernel]], and includes elements from [[UNIX System V]], and also [[4.3 BSD]] and [[4.4BSD]]. It is fully System V-compliant, but behaves much like a [[BSD]] system.		'''Digital UNIX''', initially named '''DEC OSF/1''', is [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]’s version of the [[Open Software Foundation]]'s version of the [[UNIX]] [[operating system]], [[OSF/1]]. It is a replacement for DEC's earlier [[ULTRIX]]. It is based on the [[Mach]] [[microkernel]], and includes elements from [[UNIX System V]], and also [[4.3 BSD]] and [[4.4BSD]]. It is fully System V-compliant, but behaves much like a [[BSD]] system.

	After the merger of DEC and [[Compaq]], it was re-named '''~~True64~~ UNIX'''.		After the merger of DEC and [[Compaq]], it was re-named '''Tru64 UNIX'''.

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'''Digital UNIX''', initially named '''DEC OSF/1''', is [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]’s version of the [[Open Software Foundation]]'s version of the [[UNIX]] [[operating system]], [[OSF/1]]. It is a replacement for DEC's earlier [[ULTRIX]]. It is based on the [[Mach]] [[microkernel]], and includes elements from [[UNIX System V]], and also [[4.3 BSD]] and [[4.4BSD]]. It is fully System V-compliant, but behaves much like a [[BSD]] system.

After the merger of DEC and [[Compaq]], it was re-named '''True64 UNIX'''.

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==Further reading==

* Steve D. Pate, ''UNIX Filesystems: Evolution, Design, and Implementation''

==External links==

* [https://archiveos.org/digital-unix/ Digital UNIX]
* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102781444 Digital's UNIX strategy] - video from DEC

[[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]