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'''3.0 BSD''' was [[Unix/32V]] with a better [[virtual memory]] system, that went from 32V's [[swapping]], to a paged system.  Additionally all of the BSD tools from [[1 BSD]] & [[2 BSD]] on the [[PDP-11]] were ported over, including [[vi]].  I've poorly transcribed the setup documentation here [[Setting up the Third Berkeley Software Tape]].  This was the first full fledged OS from Berkley, as the 1&2 releases were just patches to v7.
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'''3BSD''' (called the '''Third Berkeley Software Distribution''' in contemporary documentation, generally given as the acronym) was [[Unix/32V]] with a better [[virtual memory]] system, that went from 32V's [[swapping]], to a paged system.  Additionally all of the BSD tools from [[1BSD]] & [[2BSD]] on the [[PDP-11]] were ported over, including [[vi]].  I've poorly transcribed the setup documentation here [[Setting up the Third Berkeley Software Tape]].  This was the first full fledged OS from Berkley, as the 1&2 releases were just patches to [[Unix Seventh Edition|V7]].
  
 
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* [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD 3BSD] - 3BSD at [[The Unix Heritage Society|TUHS]]
 
* [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD 3BSD] - 3BSD at [[The Unix Heritage Society|TUHS]]
** [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/man/man0/intro Introduction to Volume  1] - "This volume gives descriptions of the publicly available features of the UNIX/32V system, as extended to provide a virtual memory environment and other enhancements at U. C. Berkeley."  
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** [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/man/man0/intro Introduction to Volume  1] - "This volume gives descriptions of the publicly available features of the UNIX/32V system, as extended to provide a virtual memory environment and other enhancements at U. C. Berkeley."
** [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/doc/vmunix Design and Implementation of the Berkeley Virtual Memory Extensions to the UNIX Operating System]
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** [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/doc/vmunix Third Berkeley Software Distribution]
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*** [https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/doc/vmunix Design and Implementation of the Berkeley Virtual Memory Extensions to the UNIX Operating System]
  
 
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Revision as of 12:23, 22 June 2022


3 BSD/VM
3bsd.png
Logging into a 3 BSD/VM system
Type: Multitasking, multiuser
Creator: CSRG
Architecture: VAX, theoretically portable
This Version: 3.0 (1979)
Date Released: 1979


3BSD (called the Third Berkeley Software Distribution in contemporary documentation, generally given as the acronym) was Unix/32V with a better virtual memory system, that went from 32V's swapping, to a paged system. Additionally all of the BSD tools from 1BSD & 2BSD on the PDP-11 were ported over, including vi. I've poorly transcribed the setup documentation here Setting up the Third Berkeley Software Tape. This was the first full fledged OS from Berkley, as the 1&2 releases were just patches to V7.

How do I get this to run?!

Right now, make sure you have the VAX-11/780 emulator from SIMH 3.8-0 or higher, then you can follow Installing 3 BSD on SIMH. Alternativly you can go to http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/ for more information.

What Runs?

Not very much.... 3 BSD does not provide any modern networking, and the C compiler is far from ANSI. The DZ11 emulation in SIMH is not working.

Games

The following games are in 3 BSD:

  • adventure
  • arithmetic
  • backgammon
  • banner
  • bcd
  • ching
  • fish
  • fortune
  • hangman
  • number
  • quiz
  • random
  • trek
  • wump

External links