[Simh] Earlyish UNIX for the VAX

[Jason Stevens]

32v is widely available.

It was first runnable thanks to Naousing SIMH 3.7-1

http://zazie.tom-yam.or.jp/starunix/

32v serves as the base of 3BSD, which of course gave us 4BSD and beyond.

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> From: 	mark at wickensonline.co.uk
> Sent: 	Friday, May 8, 2020 8:26 AM
> To: 	'simh'
> Subject: 	[Simh] Earlyish UNIX for the VAX
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> I've been doing a little research on versions of UNIX for the VAX
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> In the SIMH Software Kits archive there is 4.3-Quasijarus BSD for the VAX.
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> I also noted the Bell Labs paper here:
> https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherports/32v.pdf which I think
> refers to UNIX 32V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX/32V.
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> Does this software survive - I appreciate if it was a Bell Labs release
> then it may never have seen the light of day?
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> Are there any other surviving editions of UNIX that have been successfully
> resurrected using SIMH?
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> Many thanks, Mark.
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> M0NOM
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