The Unix Time-Sharing System (1974) [pdf]

Post by ape4 » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 1:38 AM UTC

Post by theoh » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 2:29 AM UTC

Post by jrcii » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 3:16 AM UTC

smaddox wrote: post #3

Gotta love this gem: "Perhaps the most important achievement of UNIX is to demonstrate that a powerful operating system for interactive use need not be expensive either in equipment or in human effort: UNIX can run on hardware costing as little as $40,000..."

Post by jzwinck » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 4:29 AM UTC

relaytheurgency wrote: post #5

ape4 wrote: post #2

Filenames were limited to 14 characters!

Usernames are still limited to 8 characters in HP-UX as far as I know.

Post by mtdewcmu » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 5:41 AM UTC

smaddox wrote: post #3

Gotta love this gem: "Perhaps the most important achievement of UNIX is to demonstrate that a powerful operating system for interactive use need not be expensive either in equipment or in human effort: UNIX can run on hardware costing as little as $40,000..."