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Subject: Re: Unix on a PDP-11 and a uVAX II
Date: 21 Dec 1993 21:15:54 GMT
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riviera@werple.apana.org.au (Nikolas Tumbri) writes:
"Ok, here goes...
"
"	Has anybody out there got/heard of a variant of UNIX (pref. free) 
"which runs on either a PDP-11 or a MicroVAX II?  My original posting of 
"this message resulted in heaps of requests for a summary, so assuming I 
"get an answer or two, it will be posted in alt.sys.pdp11, and vmsnet.pdp-11

can't help you with sources, -but-

early unix was -developed- on the pdp-11.  it was also free to
universities.

if the mv2 is one of the ones that has a vax arch., then bsd unix
should work on it, space permitting; it was written for the vax
originally.
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