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The second, originally at Princeton University, proposed to run [[UNIX Sixth Edition]] under [[VM/370]]; this was made to run in a preliminary manner. The project then moved (along with its progenitor) to [[Amdahl]], where it ran on an [[Amdahl 470V/6]], under VM/370; the result was named 'Au'. (Amdahl later got UNIX Version 7, and then announced [[Amdahl UTS]].)
 
The second, originally at Princeton University, proposed to run [[UNIX Sixth Edition]] under [[VM/370]]; this was made to run in a preliminary manner. The project then moved (along with its progenitor) to [[Amdahl]], where it ran on an [[Amdahl 470V/6]], under VM/370; the result was named 'Au'. (Amdahl later got UNIX Version 7, and then announced [[Amdahl UTS]].)
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* [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherports/ibm.html A UNIX System Implementation for System/370] - the finished Bell system
 
* [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherports/ibm.html A UNIX System Implementation for System/370] - the finished Bell system
 
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* [http://squoze.net/UNIX/bltj/06771916.pdf Multiprocessor UNIX Operating Systems] - mostly general, but has some UNIX/370 content
 
* [https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/12/370unixpart1/ The Roots of UNIX for the IBM Mainframe (part 1)]
 
* [https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/12/370unixpart1/ The Roots of UNIX for the IBM Mainframe (part 1)]
 
* [https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/12/370unixpart2/ The Roots of UNIX for the IBM Mainframe (part 2)]
 
* [https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/12/370unixpart2/ The Roots of UNIX for the IBM Mainframe (part 2)]
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* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cB2eqTwmicj1AQOiULDZjED5Rq-_V4N4/view Notes on Au Performance or How to get the Pb out of Au]
 
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cB2eqTwmicj1AQOiULDZjED5Rq-_V4N4/view Notes on Au Performance or How to get the Pb out of Au]
  
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UNIX/370 was the name adopted by two separate efforts to run UNIX on an IBM System/370 class machine.

The first, at Bell Laboratories, ran Unix Seventh Edition as a 'supervisor' to user processes, under the TSS/370 Resident Supervisor. This approach, instead of running it directly on the bare hardware, was taken because System/370 machines had characteristics which made doing so un-attractive. For one, the I/O system of the System/370 was quite complex, with a large number of channels, device controllers, and devices, which could be interconnected in multiple ways. For another, IBM field service expected the operating system to provide error logs in a particular format, which UNIX running on the bare hardware would have to provide. The TSS-based approach was successful, and Bell ran the result on a number of large System/370 machines.

The second, originally at Princeton University, proposed to run UNIX Sixth Edition under VM/370; this was made to run in a preliminary manner. The project then moved (along with its progenitor) to Amdahl, where it ran on an Amdahl 470V/6, under VM/370; the result was named 'Au'. (Amdahl later got UNIX Version 7, and then announced Amdahl UTS.)

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