UNIX
| Unix | |
| Type: | Time-sharing |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy at Bell Labs |
| Multitasking: | Multitasking with paging/swap |
| Architecture: | Originally PDP-7, then PDP-11 now cross-platform. |
| Date Released: | 1969 |
Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations.
Versions of relevance for hobbyists include:
- Unix System 5 - The first version with known source and binaries available.
- Unix System 6
- Unix System 7 - One of the most complete and the last generally available and PDP-11 version of Research UNIX
- 2.11 BSD - A still-maintained version for PDP-11s
- 4.2 BSD - The first shipping version of BSD with TCP/IP, FFS & termcap for the VAX.
- 4.3 BSD - A version of pre-POSIX BSD, for the VAX.
NetBSD will run on a variety of 32-bit older systems from the VAX to the Amiga. OpenBSD runs well on the VAX.
| v • d • e UNIX Versions, Vendors and Related |
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| Research Unix PDP-7 UNIX • V1 • V2 • V3 • V4 • V5 • V6 • V7 • V8 • V9 • V10 • LSX • MINI-UNIX • Unix/32V
AT&T - CB-UNIX • PWB/UNIX • USG UNIX • System III • System IV • System V BSD - 2.9 BSD • 2.10 BSD • 2.11 BSD • 3BSD • 4BSD • 4.1 BSD • 4.2 BSD • 4.3 BSD • 4.4 BSD BSD Descendants 386BSD • NetBSD • FreeBSD • OpenBSD • NeXTSTEP • Darwin |
| Other - xv6 • AMIX • SunOS • Solaris • ULTRIX • A/UX • XENIX • AIX • Dell UNIX |
