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'''2.11BSD''' is a release of [[Unix]] for the [[PDP-11]] by a consortium of [[CSRG]] and the [[USENIX Association]]. It only ran on PDP-11 models with [[PDP-11 Memory Management|Supervisor mode]]. It was basically the same as [[2.10BSD]], with some upgrades.
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'''2.11BSD''' is a release of [[UNIX]] for the [[PDP-11]] by a consortium of [[CSRG]] and the [[USENIX Association]]. It only ran on PDP-11 models with [[PDP-11 Memory Management|Supervisor mode]]. It was basically the same as [[2.10BSD]], with some upgrades.
  
 
Some of the things that were added were:
 
Some of the things that were added were:
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* Support for long filenames
 
* Support for long filenames
 
* 4.3BSD applications that were missing from 2.10BSD
 
* 4.3BSD applications that were missing from 2.10BSD
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==External links==
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* [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2.11BSD 2.11BSD] - 2.11BSD at [[The Unix Heritage Society|TUHS]]
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** [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2.11BSD/doc/2.10/setup.2.11 Installing and Operating 2.11BSD on the PDP-11] - not in the most obvious place
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[[Category: CSRG BSD]]

Revision as of 00:21, 14 May 2022

2.11BSD is a release of UNIX for the PDP-11 by a consortium of CSRG and the USENIX Association. It only ran on PDP-11 models with Supervisor mode. It was basically the same as 2.10BSD, with some upgrades.

Some of the things that were added were:

  • Support for full 4.3BSD networking (using Supervisor mode)
  • Support for long filenames
  • 4.3BSD applications that were missing from 2.10BSD

External links