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In article <9012071929.AA00491@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> rcook@pk705vma.iinus1.ibm.com ("Russ Cook") writes:
>Can someone point to where I might obtain a version of UNIX or a UNIX
>derivative for a PDP-11?
>
>thanks,
>Russ Cook
>rcook@pk705vma.iinus1.ibm.com

We have two versions of UNIX running on PDP 11/73's in my lab.

The first is UNIX 2.10BSD, which is real BSD UNIX, basically the same
as 4.3BSD.  It is available from USENIX in Berkeley, (415) 528-8649.
It only cost us $200 for the media, a TS-11 tape, but we had to prove
that we already had a site license with ATT for UNIX.  It only comes
with installation instructions.  You have to purchase the 4.3BSD documentation
seperately if you want it.  It seems to run fairly well except the network
stuff seems a little slow.  I don't really use the network stuff.

THe second is VENIX (Release D I think), which is a clone.  It is
available from VenturCom in Cambridge, MA, (617) 661-1230.  I am 
pretty sure they don't support it anymore but they still may sell it.
We have been using it for quite a while (> 7 years) and it seems to
work pretty well.  It doesn't include any network stuff, but does
support standard peripherals.  We have done alot of patching to the
kernal over the years, so if you get it and need some help drop me
a note.

By the way, UNIX 2.10BSD comes with the complete source code for
UNIX, which I have found great to have access to although it is
70 Mb worth of stuff.

Hope this helps.

		Mark
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