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--- unix_50th [2021/03/15 15:47] – [Introduction] hc9
+++ unix_50th [2025/09/08 08:16] (current) – r!) hc9
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 <file config instances>
-    [a]  UNICS (Version Zero)   PDP-7       Summer   1969
+SDF Public Access UNIX System presents ...
-    [b]  First Edition UNIX     PDP-11/20   November 1971
-    [c]  Fifth Edition UNIX     PDP-11/40   June     1974
+ /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/
-    [d]  Sixth Edition UNIX     PDP-11/45   May      1975
+ /~/~ H Y S T E R I C A L ~ U N I X ~ S Y S T E M S ~/~/
-    [e]  Seventh Edition UNIX   PDP-11/70   January  1979
+ /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/
-    [f]  Research UNIX 8        VAX-11/780           1981
-    [g]  AT&T UNIX System III   PDP-11/70   Fall     1982
+  [a]  UNICS (Version Zero)   PDP-7       Summer   1969
-    [h]  AT&T UNIX System V     PDP-11/70            1983
+  [b]  First Edition UNIX     PDP-11/20   November 1971
-    [i]  AT&T UNIX System V     3b2/400              1984
+  [c]  Fifth Edition UNIX     PDP-11/40   June     1974
-    [j]  4.3  BSD               MicroVAX    June     1986
+  [d]  Sixth Edition UNIX     PDP-11/45   May      1975
-    [k]  2.11 BSD               PDP-11/70   January  1992
+  [e]  Seventh Edition UNIX   PDP-11/70   January  1979
+  [f]  Research UNIX 8        VAX-11/780           1984
+  [g]  AT&T UNIX System III   PDP-11/70   Fall     1982
+  [h]  AT&T UNIX System V     PDP-11/70            1983
+  [i]  AT&T UNIX System V     3b2/400              1984
+  [j]  4.3  BSD               MicroVAX    June     1986
+  [k]  2.11 BSD               PDP-11/70   January  1992
+  [w]  What's running now?
+  [q]  QUIT (and run away in fear!)
+  User contributed tutorials are at https://sdf.org/?tutorials/unix50th
+  Want persistent images? networking? more ttys? Join https://sdf.org
+Your choice?
 </file>
-Some features, such as persistent images, multiple TTYs and networking are only available on the SDF MetaArray.
+  * Some features, such as persistent images, multiple TTYs and networking are only available on the SDF MetaArray.
 |   **1969 -- 50 Years of Unix -- 2019**  |
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 For the double celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Unix operating system and the 32nd anniversary of the establishment of the SDF Public Access Unix system, a collection of simulated historical Unix systems has been prepared for your exploration and entertainment.
-You can connect to the systems from the web page: [[https://unix50.org|''https://unix50.org'']].
+You can connect to the systems from the web page: ''[[https://unix50.org|https://unix50.org]]''.
 If you have a MetaArray account, you can also access the historical systems by logging in and entering the following shell command: ''unix50th''
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 ===== UNICS (Version Zero) =====
-Release: Summer 1969
+|Release: Summer 1969|
-Platform: PDP-7
+|Platform: PDP-7|
 The operating system hacked together so Ken Thompson could play //Space Travel// after Bell Labs withdrew from the Multics Project. The new operating system was named as a parody of “Multics”.
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 Yeah, remember you're on an ASR33 Teletype - you can only go forward!
-//(Special thanks to Dan Cross and Mary Ann Horton for discovering and demonstrating these at UNIX50)//
+  * //(Special thanks to Dan Cross and Mary Ann Horton for discovering and demonstrating these at UNIX50)//
   * @ = kill's the current line
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 (You'll need to do this for the next example)
-=== A **Hello, World!** written in B for Unics Version 0 ===
+=== A Hello, World! written in B for Unics Version 0 ===
   * login as //dmr//, //dmr//
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   * Dan Cross - Runner UP
   * Mary Ann Horton - Valiant Effort
-  * Seth Morabito (@twylo) - Flailing Attempt (awarded with a '?') Karl's effort implements a somewhat ROT1 and was the only working example of TTY IO. The code follows:
+  * Seth Morabito (@twylo) - Flailing Attempt (awarded with a '?')
+Karl's effort implements a somewhat ROT1 and was the only working example of TTY IO. The code follows:
 <file config fdip.b>
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 |Platform: PDP-11/70|
-By issuing the "sac -nar" command, your spirit animal will be changed to the narwhal.
+By issuing the ''sac -nar'' command, your spirit animal will be changed to the narwhal.
-<file config boogers>
+<file config sac -nar>
 PRINT "DO YOU EAT BOOGERS?"
 INPUT X
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   * Eric Steven Raymond. 2003. “Origins and History of Unix, 1969-1995”. The Art of Unix Programming. http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch02s01.html.
   * Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie. 1971. UNIX Programmer's Manual. Bell Labs. https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/1stEdman.html.
-  * Unix Heritage Wiki. 2015. “PDP-7 Unix”. https://wiki.tuhs.org/doku.php?id=systems:pdp7_unixWikipedia. 2018. “History of Unix”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Unix.
+  * Unix Heritage Wiki. 2015. “PDP-7 Unix”. https://wiki.tuhs.org/doku.php?id=systems:pdp7_unix.
+  * Wikipedia. 2018. “History of Unix”. [[wp>History_of_Unix|History_of_Unix]].
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