UNIX Fifth Edition
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This was one of the more popular research versions to leave Bell Labs.
| Unix v5 | |
 Logging into a v5 unix system | |
| Type: | Multitasking, multiuser |
|---|---|
| Creator: | AT&T/Western Electric |
| Architecture: | PDP-11 |
| This Version: | v5 |
| Date Released: | 1973 |
Platforms
Thee only known platform for Unix v5 was the PDP-11, and primarly only the PDP-11/45.
Folk Lore
This version added support for pipes, and cleaned up a lot of the code in the C programming language.
How do I get this to run?!
Well you'll need a disk image, and an emulator or a PDP-11... I'd recommend SIMH and you can get v5 by looking for v5root.gz .. There is also the guide Running Unix v5 in SIMH.
Games
While limited, there is a few games on the v5 distro:
bj chess cubic moo ttt wump
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