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From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.wanted,net.followup
Subject: Re: HELP - Cheap form of UN*X wanted for PDP
Message-ID: <119@mplvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 07:24:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 14 07:24:50 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 02:04:16 EDT
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Organization: Marine Physical Lab of SIO at UCSD
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No -- there isn't any such thing as a cheap form of Unix.  What you
are probably remembering is the DECUS C system, which is a set of
public domain software including a compiler, several libraries,
and lots of familiar utilities.  This software runs on many DEC
operating systems, including RT-11, RSX, RT emulated on RSTS, RT
emulated on VMS, others I can't think of offhand.  It's available
as DECUS 11-SP-18, second (1983) release, for the cost of reproduction.

Back before DEC started licensing Ultrix and V7M-11, they had a cheap
Unix distribution, but you had to have an expensive Bell license first.

	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego

* lots of things above are trademarks - PDP, DECUS, RT-11, RSX, RSTS, VMS
are trademarks of DEC, which is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories (or some related organization)