Unix Creators at DEC PDP11

    Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at a pretty well maxed out DEC PDP11 computer and two Teletype model 33 terminals.

    See Unix's timeline at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

    See Unix's story at Bell Labs: www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/

    See Unix's evolution at: cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/hist.html

    For those interested in telephone related uses of Unix see below:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_Control_Center_System

    And: viswiki.com/en/Switching_Control_Center_System

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      droopydog_500 added this photo to his favorites. (51 months ago)

    2. Eli the Bearded (49 months ago | reply)

      There were days I set my TERM=33 to get into "open mode" in real vi. Made very bad modem connections a bit more usabale. I picked it because it had the smallest entry in /etc/termcap.

    3. PanelSwitchman (49 months ago | reply)

      I never had sucess using VI with a TTY. I used to use 'ed'. Later on having access to DEC VT-100 CRT's I learned to use 'vi' and still use it today under Windows NT, 2000, XP and Unix/Linux...

      There was a company that made a great set of Unix tools for Windows 95,NT,2000,XP & DOS machines called Thompson Toolkit. It was at:

      www.tasoft.com/main.html

      Very small and compact. True too Unix. Not like that UWIN
      bloatware. TTK supported input/output redirection, pipes, Bourne shell scripts, AWK, grep, etc.

      If interested you can try and reach them at support@tasoft.com

    4. Eli the Bearded (49 months ago | reply)

      Nah, Windows is not something I use regularly. I've got a linux box at work, a linux laptop at home, a netbsd shell account for my email. I still find myself using ed from time to time, mostly by accident. Try a "crontab -e" on a Solaris box before you've set $EDITOR.... But I know enough ed to be able to use it.

    5. PanelSwitchman (49 months ago | reply)

      Yea, yea, yea
      ed huh
      ?
      a
      Hello
      .
      /Hello/
      Hello
      q!

      ed and sed has its uses just like grep.
      Which version of Linux do you find to be most compatable?
      My newest machine has USB KBD&Mouse and Linux does not seem to like them.

    6. Eli the Bearded (49 months ago | reply)

      I don't get religious about distros. I use both Ubuntu and SUSE currently. USB keyboards and mice haven't given me any problems.

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      DanBenjamin added this photo to his favorites. (49 months ago)

    8. PanelSwitchman (49 months ago | reply)

      Well I guess I'll have to try Ubuntu.

    9. RNaturista (47 months ago | reply)

      Historic image: where Unix and GNU/Linux revolution were born. But...Where are the monitors, the speakers for audio and the mouse??? :)))))))

    10. PanelSwitchman (47 months ago | reply)

      GNU/Linux was not born until years later.

      Monitors, Speakers, Mouse?? These are the early days. 110 Baud teletypes, upper case only black & white CRT terminals from manufacturers long forgotten.

      Ah, to sit back and wait for hours while you printed some long source code on a Teletype...

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      shannonpatrick17, n0madi, qu1j0t3, CharlieRomeo, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    12. j00tel (27 months ago | reply)

      This is a beautiful picture...

    13. PanelSwitchman (27 months ago | reply)

      Yes it is. A collectors edition in many ways.

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      Eric Fischer, /danica., bootload, juque, and 5 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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