Version 6 Unix
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Sixth Edition Unix, also called Version 6 Unix or just V6 is a version of the Unix operating system first released in May 1975 and the first version of the Unix operating system to see wide release ou
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PDP-11
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The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor series. In tota
Version 6 Unix
…the first version of the Unix operating system to see wide release outside Bell Labs. Like its direct predecessor, the sixth edition targeted the DEC PDP-11 family of minicomputers. It was superseded by Version 7 Unix in 1978/1979, although V6 systems remained in regular operation until at least 1985. AT&T…
A PDP-11/40 CPU is at the bottom, with a TU56 dual DECtape drive installed above it.
This PDP-11/70 system included two nine-track tape drives, two disk drives, a high speed line printer, a DECwriter dot-matrix keyboard printing terminal and a cathode ray tube terminal, all installed in a climate-controlled machine room.
PDP-11/03 (top right)
Q-Bus board with LSI-11/2 CPU