Unix Eighth Edition
| Unix V8 | |
| File:Eigth edition unix v8.jpg (none yet) | |
| Type: | Multitasking, multiuser |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Bell Labs |
| Architecture: | VAX |
| This Version: | v8 |
| Date Released: | 1985 |
A version of 8th Edition Unix was recently released by Alcatel-Lucent and is available here for download. It is not a complete distribution tape, just a tar file of a running system, made by Dan Cross.
Actually, "released" is too strong a word. They just signed a letter saying that they won't sue for the release of v8-v10 Unix. The letter can be read here (PDF).
Notable features
Unix v8 includes the stream interface (in /usr/include/sys/stream.h), as opposed to the socket interface, for doing network programming.
Also included are PDP-11 cross-compilers and associated tools (assembler, linker, etc) as /usr/bin/{11cc,11as,...}
Games
The following games are included in the v8 distribution mentioned above:
arithmetic atc back banner bcd bigp canfield cbrogue festoon fish fortune hack hangman hanoi mille ogre ppt quiz rogomatic rogue rogue52 rogue53 sail say scapegoat snake sread thanks tictactoe tso worm zork
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