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  • ...tocol, around the time when open systems ([[POSIX]] compliant, i.e. [[UNIX|Unix-like]]) were grabbing marketshare from the proprietary OSes, like VMS. ...e its inception. Digital also ported it to its own [[Ultrix]] variant of [[UNIX]], as well as [[Apple Macintosh]] computers and PCs running both DOS and Wi
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  • ...Extended''') was a [[multi-user]] [[time-sharing|time-shared]] [[operating system]] developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] ("DEC") for the [[PDP-11]] ...st license to anyone for non-commercial hobby purpose use of the operating system software developed for the PDP-11, and as the result of the release (for no
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  • Note: Before setting up any system I recommend you read up on [[DECnet Phase IV basics]]. To invoke the interactive DECnet configuration script, run (as SYSTEM or as a user with sufficient privileges):
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  • The '''PDP-11''' is a series of [[minicomputer]]s introduced in 1969 [1] by the [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC), in production by them from It was the machine which made [[UNIX]], which now seems to have taken over the world (in the form of [[Linux]])
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  • ...ox]]es: the 21" [[BA11-F Mounting Box]] (usual for the -11/40); and the 10-1/2" [[BA11-D Mounting Box]] (early units) and [[BA11-K Mounting Box]]es (lat The 11/40 was also a primary platform for early [[UNIX]].
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  • The '''PDP-11/45''' was the early fast [[UNIBUS]] [[PDP-11]] system, using the [[KB11-A CPU]] (early units, prior to 1976) or [[KB11-D CPU]] (l ...old pre-configured with the special high-speed [[MS11 Semiconductor Memory System]] (specific to the PDP-11/45), using 350 nsec [[Metal Oxide Semiconductor|M
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  • | Num-proc = 1 | CPU-cycle = 200ns [[#ref_1|[1]]]
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  • | CPU-name-console = None [[#ref_1|[1]]] | Num-proc = 1
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  • | Module = M7606 [[#ref_1|[1]]] | Num-proc = 1
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  • Linux is a computer [[operating system]] originally developed in the 1990s by a student Linus Torvalds. Today's Li ...], early [[Macintosh|Macs]], a partial port to the [[VAX]] and a port to [[System/390]] as well as various [[SGI]] and [[Sun Microsystems]] workstations and
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  • ...chitecture to run a full [[virtual memory]] UNIX implementation, [[SunOS]] 1.0, based on [[Berkeley Software Distribution|4.1BSD]]. Early Sun-2 models w ...Sun-2 systems was added to [[NetBSD]] in 2002, with the release of NetBSD 1.6.
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  • ...y [[RSX-11]], but took its most powerful form in the [[OpenVMS]] operating system. ...r|compiled language]] counterparts and allow scripts to get information on system state. DCL includes [[Conditional statement|IF-THEN-ELSE]], access to all t
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  • ...al [[Commodore]] Atari quickly put together the Atari ST. The [[operating system]] was provided by [[Digital Research]], GEMDOS. * [[Atari Mega 1]]
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  • | current version = SunOS 4.1.4 (1994) | type = [[Multi-tasking]], [[multi-user]] [[UNIX]]
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  • ...tems can network directly onto the [[Internet]], if the emulated operating system supports it, like BSD or [[VMS]]. The Interdata 8/32 micro was the first non [[PDP-11]] to run UNIX. SIMH can run both v6 & v7 research editions for the Interdata.
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  • -rw-r--r-- 1 Neozeed +SYSTEM 69943640 Feb 6 12:39 42.tap -rw-r--r-- 1 Neozeed None_ploc 9117 Feb 6 12:09 boot42.uue
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  • |Dungeon version 3.2A, 1-Oct-94; contains all the rooms and puzzles of the original MIT Zork. DEC FO ...more or less public domain version of the original MIT Zork, version 3.2B, 1-Oct-94. DOS executable for 386+ only and |FORTRAN source code, ported from
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  • ...SD archive from the 4.3BSD directory. You can use the files from the [[The Unix Heritage Society|TUHS]] archive, [https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributio -rw-r--r-- 1 Neozeed None_ploc 111442472 Feb 6 15:18 43.tap
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  • | caption = Logging into a Unix Version 1 box | name = Unix V1
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  • ...use a web browser to download them, to deal with the sourceforge download system. But that's the price of free hosting.<br><br> ...ocation for gzcompat is [[http://ifctfvax.superglobalmegacorp.com/releases/UNIX/components/compress.tar here]] and a known good copy is [[http://www.tuhs.o
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  • | image = seventh edition unix v7.jpg | name = Unix V7
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  • ...Sheepshaver_system_755.png|300px|thumb|right|SheepShaver running Macintosh System 7.5.5]] *File exchange with the host OS via a Unix icon on the Mac desktop
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  • ...uld compete with [[NeXT]]. Hearing that NeXT was going to enter the [[UNIX|Unix]] [[workstation]] market, Apple commissioned [[UniSoft]] to help port [[SYS ...YSV filesystem, while later versions of A/UX used 4.2BSD's [[BSD Fast File System|FFS]].
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  • | caption = Logging into a 32v system | current version = 1.0 (1979)
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  • | caption = Logging into a 3 BSD/VM system ...t full fledged OS from Berkley, as the 1&2 releases were just patches to [[Unix Seventh Edition|V7]].
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  • ...[[Unix Seventh Edition|v7]], [[UNIX System III|SYSIII]], and later [[UNIX System V|SYSV]]. ...e minicomputer market'' - "XENIX -- Microsoft Short-lived Love Affair with Unix "
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  • IBM doomed OS/2 2.0, in terms of a successful desktop system, almost from 1) successful in market penetration. To run on enough desktops
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  • ...ng System''' (usually '''ITS''') was an early [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]]; initially for the [[PDP-6]], and later for [[PDP-10]]'s. It was develope ...s one of the first OS's connected to the [[ARPANET]], and it was on an ITS system that the first versions of [[Emacs]], [[MACLISP]], [[Scheme]], and [[CLU]]
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  • | type = [[Multi-tasking]], [[multi-user]] [[UNIX]] ...m a [[BSD]]-based [[UNIX]] into a [[UNIX System V|SYSV]]-based [[operating system]]. However, when the change from [[SunOS]] to Solaris was announced, the ma
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  • While the [[Net/1]] release was focused on the [[TCP/IP]] stack from the 4.x BSD releases, Ne ...is the common basis for all AT&T Unix ([[UNIX System III|SYSIII]], [[UNIX System V|SYSV]]), and all of the 32bit BSD releases.
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  • '''Top''' is a system [[process]] monitor. The cool thing about top is that it can display stats TOP(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual TOP(1)
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  • | caption = Logging into a 4.3 BSD system ...ecific code, there by allowing 4.3 BSD to become a more portable operating system.
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  • | caption = Logging into a 4.3 BSD system sites with UNIX/32V, System III, or System V source licenses
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  • Chapter 1 - Introduction ........................... 4 * Chapter 1 *
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  • '''Qemu''' is a machine emulator & system virtualizer. ...and most well used. The latest version, released in January 2024, is 8.2.1.
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  • ...bit MS-DOS & Windows binaries with an improved 32bit OS/2 API & Windowing system. Microsoft hired Dave Cutler away from [[Digital]] to help with the implem ...Simulator 3.0 for PC, PowerPoint 2.01 for Mac, Learning DOS 2.0, Stat Pack 1.0
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  • ...nd effort, it did at the time bring in many new things to the aging [[UNIX|Unix]] [[kernel]]. Mach, based loosely on [[BSD]] was a low level kernel adding ==== 1.x ====
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  • ...of the Amiga, including the 1000. Typically a mouse is plugged into port 1, and a joystick in port 2. ...emulated display (CGA or MGA). The sidecar would typically ship with a 5 1/4" floppy drive, MS-DOS (OEM'd to Commodore, naturally), and include some e
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  • ...are Distribution''' (usually abbreviated to '''BSD''') was the series of [[UNIX]] distributions created by the [[Computer Systems Research Group‎]] at Be ...X]] version derived from [[Unix/32V]], including a real [[virtual memory]] system
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  • ...follow along from the guide [[Setting Up Version 1.0 of UNIX/32V Operating System]] == Boot 1. ==
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  • == Setting Up Version 1.0 of Unix/32V Operating System == ...ams followed by one filesystem image and one tape archive image (see tar(1)); if needed, individual files can be extracted after the initial construct
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  • A UNIX™ Operating System for the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX-11/780]] Computer ...780 computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation. The VAX-11/780 system provides 32-bit addresses and data. It uses the same input/output devices a
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  • ...1. How to Tell Which One You Have -Boot, or no boot? " link 1} The files encoded here are LHA format, but in standard UNIX UUencode format
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  • This was a port of System V r2 to the [[i286]] cpu. The material is dated 1987. The system was distributed in various sections.
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  • [[Image:Dell Unix SystemVr4.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Dell UNIX SYSVr4]] [[Dell]] once was a [[UNIX]] vendor. Although this software is almost impossible to track down now, i
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  • VAX-11/780<sup>1</sup> with RM03 or RP06 disks and with TE16 tape UNIBUS<sup>1</sup> disks, but such tapes are inherently rather system specific, and will not be discussed here. The tape consists
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  • == Boot 1 == VAX780 simulator V3.8-1
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  • ADB(1) UNIX Programmer's ManualADB(1) the execution of UNIX programs.
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  • CLRI(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual CLRI(1M) file will show up as `missing' in an _i_c_h_e_c_k(1) of the
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  • CU(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual CU(1C) cu - call UNIX
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  • DATE(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual DATE(1) hour number (24 hour system); the second _m_m is the minute
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  • DCHECK(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual DCHECK(1M) dcheck - file system directory consistency check
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  • DF(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual DF(1M) _f_i_l_e_s_y_s_t_e_m_s. If no file system is specified, the free space
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  • DUMP(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual DUMP(1M) dump - incremental file system dump
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  • ICHECK(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual ICHECK(1M) icheck - file system storage consistency check
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  • INTRO(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual INTRO(1) (1) Commands of general utility.
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  • IOSTAT(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual IOSTAT(1M) '''Iostat''' delves into the system and reports certain statistics
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  • KILL(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual KILL(1) he is the super-user. To shut the system down and bring it
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  • MAIL(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MAIL(1) user name recognized by '''login'''(1). To denote a recipient on
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  • MKFS(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual MKFS(1M) mkfs - construct a file system
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  • MKNOD(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual MKNOD(1M) system. They have to be dug out of the system source file
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  • MOUNT(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual MOUNT(1M) mount, umount - mount and dismount file system
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  • NCHECK(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual NCHECK(1M) A file system may be specified.
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  • PS(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual PS(1) system process; 04: locked in memory (e.g. for physical
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  • PSTAT(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual PSTAT(1M) pstat - print system facts
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  • QUOT(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual QUOT(1M) quot - summarize file system ownership
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  • RESTOR(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual RESTOR(1M) restor - incremental file system restore
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  • SA(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual SA(1M) sa, accton - system accounting
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  • SH(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual SH(1) starting with $1, are substituted separated by spaces.
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  • SYNC(1M) UNIX Programmer's Manual SYNC(1M) _S_y_n_c executes the _s_y_n_c system primitive. If the system is
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  • TIME(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual TIME(1) in the system, and the time spent in execution of the command. Times are reported in sec
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  • TP(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual TP(1) system. The owner and mode are restored. If no
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  • UUCP(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual UUCP(1C) uucp, uulog - unix to unix copy
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  • UUDIFF(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual UUDIFF(1C) Unix name). It reports (via mail) which files are added,
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  • UULOG(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual UULOG(1C) Output lines which have _s_y_s as a prefix to the system
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  • UUX(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual UUX(1C) uux - unix to unix command execution
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  • WAIT(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual WAIT(1) Because the _w_a_i_t(2) system call must be executed in the
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  • WHO(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual WHO(1) who - who is on the system
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  • ...will need the following materials to put together a 4.3 BSD+NFS Wisconsin Unix installation: [http://unix-archive.huihoo.org/4BSD/Distributions/4.3BSD/src.tar.gz src.tar.gz]<br>
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  • ...will need the following materials to put together a 4.3 BSD+NFS Wisconsin Unix installation: -rw-r--r-- 1 Neozeed None 74337572 Apr 7 19:40 uwisc.tap
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  • ...en source]] operating systems that run on the Alpha are [[Linux]], [[BSD]] UNIX ([[NetBSD]], [[OpenBSD]] and [[FreeBSD]] up to 6.x) and L4Ka::Pistachio. .../system_reference/Alpha_System_Reference_Manual_Version_5_199205.pdf Alpha System Reference Manual - Version 5]
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  • You will need the following to get a 386BSD system patched and installed: *A modern Linux system with iptables
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  • (decvax | ucbvax | cbosg | pur-ee | lbl-unix)!teklabs!ogcvax!gss1144!evp ..."I can't relate to computers -- they're so impersonal". (A previous work [1] points out that Real Men don't "relate" to anything, and aren't afraid of
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  • ...I/O and compatibility, it had a 16/32-bit Motorola MC68000 processor. This system wasn't very successful due to initial lack of 16-bit software. ...XENIX but its XENIX systems were so popular that it was the top selling [[Unix]]-based computer in 1984 with over 40,000 units sold.
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  • | caption = Logging into an AIX system | type = Multitasking, multiuser UNIX
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  • ...x 0.11 also started the hooks for the i387 math emulator, while the [[file system]] was still restricted to only [[Minix]] file systems. 1. WHAT IS LINUX 0.11
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  • 1. WHAT IS LINUX 0.12 LINUX 0.12 is a freely distributable UNIX clone. It implements a
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  • 1. WHAT IS LINUX 0.95a LINUX 0.95a is a freely distributable UNIX clone. It implements a
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  • I downloaded a copy from [http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/Linux-0.01/sources/system/linux-0.01.tar.Z here]. Subject: Gcc-1.40 and a posix-question
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  • This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Unix Seventh Edition|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator. ...tps://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].
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  • See [[Installing Unix Seventh Edition]] for an explanation of what's actually happening. Setting Up Unix - Seventh Edition
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  • ...m/pipermail/simh/2010-October/006009.html Tim Newsham] for [[Unix_System_6|Unix v6]] on the [[PDP-11/40]]. ...files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap.bz2/download Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap]
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  • I just generated this from a Unix v6 image, by simply running: __ UNIX
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  • This appears to have been written for the inclusion with [[Sixth Edition Unix]]. == Chapter 1 ==
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  • Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unm-cvax.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site jett.UUCP
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  • Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.announce,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc INSTALLATION NOTES for NetBSD 0.8 <1.2>
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  • Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.announce,comp.unix.bsd Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd
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  • [[Image:Darwin 0.1 booted single user mode.png|150px|thumb|right|Darwin 0.1]] ...h was based on the OPENSTEP kernel. Further complicating things, Darwin 0.1 reports itself as Rhapsody 5.3, while Darwin 0.2 and 0.3 report themselves
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  • providing a broadly accessible system, aberrations, such as Best Man at my wedding and to whom I introduced the UNIX
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  • Subject: FreeBSD 1.0 GAMMA - first netwide release Release 1.0 GAMMA
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