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Version 7 Unix

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Version 7 Unix, also called Seventh Edition Unix or simply V7, was an important early release of the Unix operating system, released in 1979 as the last Bell Laboratories release to see widespread distribution before AT&T Corporation began commercializing Unix in the early 1980s. It was originally developed for the PDP-11 minicomputers made by Digital Equipment Corporation and was later ported to other computing platforms. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
License
BSD 4-Clause 2
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Year
1979 1
FAQs

Why is Version 7 Unix remembered as a portability milestone?

It was the first readily portable version of Unix.

Version 7 Unix was the first readily portable version of Unix. Because minicomputers had many different architectures and the market for 16-bit microprocessors was just beginning, many ports were completed within a few years of its 1979 release. The first Sun workstations ran a V7 port by UniSoft, and the first version of Microsoft Xenix for the Intel 8086 was derived from it.

Can Version 7 Unix still be run today?

Yes; bootable images run on PDP-11 emulators such as SIMH.

Yes. Caldera International released V7 as free and open source software in 2002 under a permissive BSD-like license, and bootable images can still be downloaded. They can be run on modern hosts using PDP-11 emulators such as SIMH.
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Source Wikipedia: Version 7 Unix

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Developed By

Bell Labs

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Version 7 Unix
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    Version 7 Unix, also called Seventh Edition Unix, Version 7 or just V7, was an important early release of the Unix operating system.
  • Lead section, 1979 release sentence
    V7, released in 1979, was the last Bell Laboratories release to see widespread distribution before the commercialization of Unix by AT&T Corporation in the early 1980s.
  • Lead section, PDP-11 platform sentence
    V7 was originally developed for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-11 minicomputers and was later ported to other platforms.
  • Lead section, 1979 release sentence (last Bell Labs release; infobox working state Historic)
    V7, released in 1979, was the last Bell Laboratories release to see widespread distribution before the commercialization of Unix by AT&T Corporation in the early 1980s.
  • Overview
    Released in 1979, the Seventh Edition was preceded by Sixth Edition, which was the first version licensed to commercial users.
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    Version 7 Unix, also called Seventh Edition Unix, Version 7 or just V7, was an important early release of the Unix operating system.
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2. Wikidata: Version 7 Unix
Wikidata Q2740168, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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