Unix V5, V6 and V7 for PDP-11

6 Comments on “Unix V5, V6 and V7 for PDP-11”

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1. Keir says:

   Thanks for posting this! I had a lot of fun exploring the similarities (and differences) of early Unix and the Unix-likes I’ve worked with under CLI, like Linux and NetBSD.

   Posted on October 14, 2009 at 6:57 am. (Reply)

2. Lee Fawkes says:

   There is a typo in your “More photos on SIMH site” link. Should be http://simh.trailing-edge.com/photos.html .

   Beyond that: awesome! I look forward to playing with this.

   Posted on November 18, 2009 at 8:49 am. (Reply)

3. Dan Stromberg says:

   If I boot V7 on pdp11 (SIMH), like so:

   
$ pdp11

   PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
   sim> att rl0 RL02
   sim> att rl0 unix_v7_rl.dsk
   sim> set cpu u18
   Disabling XQ
   sim> boot rl0
   @boot
   New Boot, known devices are hp ht rk rl rp tm vt
   : rl(0,0)rl2unix
   mem = 177856
   # Restricted rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure
   is subject to restrictions stated in your contract with
   Western Electric Company, Inc.
   Thu Sep 22 08:05:45 EDT 1988

   login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#


   …then I don’t seem to get a /usr/bin – I have some directories under /usr, but they seem to be actually in the root filesystem – at least, the number of directories in /usr doesn’t change from before multiuser and after entering multiuser.

   Am I doing something wrong?

   Does this distribution only include / and not /usr?

   I’m thinking something’s missing, because I have no vi or cpio commands.

   Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:18 am. (Reply)

4. Hugh Whelton says:

   Hello! I could have sworn I’ve visited this web site before but after looking at a few of the posts I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely happy I came across it and I’ll be book-marking it and checking back regularly!

   Posted on September 19, 2012 at 8:33 pm. (Reply)

5. Joel Z says:

   Thanks!!!! Unix 7 is more familiar with Linux console…in Unix 5 “CD” command not work?

   Posted on May 7, 2013 at 2:32 am. (Reply)

6. monz says:

   cd only works in unix version 7 and later … in earlier versions the command is chdir

   Posted on May 12, 2013 at 1:46 pm. (Reply)