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What kind of computers UNIX was developed for?

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  • 06-10-2014 4:10pm
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    tartarotti
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    I have a question about Unix, this is for a report that I have to write, would any one help me ? I just don't know how I should start.

    Thanks
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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Unix was developed on and for old 1960s/1970s mainframes like the DEC PDP-7. It evolved from there, though various RISC workstations, servers, minicomputers and eventually PCs.


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    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    Was a DEC PDP-7 ever considered a "mainframe"?


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    croo wrote: »
    Was a DEC PDP-7 ever considered a "mainframe"?

    No, come to think of it it was a mini.


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    gctest50
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    attached (should!) be map of unix thingy


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    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    I love how it becomes a little more streamlined by the mid 00's. I'm sure in the 90'S people were truly spoiled for choice when it came to Unix, until the less than favorable distributions slowly died off.


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    Tom Dunne
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    Itzy wrote: »
    I'm sure in the 90'S people were truly spoiled for choice when it came to Unix, until the less than favorable distributions slowly died off.

    We weren't really. :D

    The choice of Unix was dictated by the hardware/vendor at the time. It's probably more correct to say that as these vendors died off and as the PC rose to dominance (and hence, cheap hardware that could run Unix became available) that things became more streamlined.

    /strokes beard

    OP: In any discussion of the origins of Unix, you have to mention Multics. It would just be wrong not to.


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    ...OP: In any discussion of the origins of Unix, you have to mention Multics. It would just be wrong not to.

    Ah, the 90s. What a hodge-podge of wonderfulness! SCO, Xenix, MkLinux, various peculiar ports of AIX... :D

    Here's the original requirements/design document for Unix:

    pipe.png


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