UNIX History
Patrick A. Fargo
pat at ih1ap.UUCP
Thu Jan 12 23:06:26 AEST 1984
Thanks to Guy Harris for the corrections. In response to his other questions:
1). Why was UNIX/RT canned instead of TS? Good question! I believe
because of staffing a choice had to be made. Since DMERT was RT
based and would be supported, USG felt UNIX/TS had more potential
from a computer center standpoint.
2). Was UNIX/TS+ another modified UNIX/TS? Yes, the UNIX/TS Augmented
that I spoke of was actually called UNIX/TS++. Modifications were
made that were mostly hidden from the user interface.
3). What was CB-UNIX based on? CB-UNIX was a modified MERT. The
SCCS project modified extensively, the version of MERT they had.
Later, they incorporated the MERT changes in UNIX/RT releases.
Eventually, an agreement to take the requested CB modifications
into the standard UNIX/RT product was reached and that line of
modified O.S. ceased.
Thanks again for the corrections,
P. A. Fargo
AT&T Bell Laboratories IH
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