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To: rudedog who wrote (28543)	3/5/2000 6:34:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) of 64865

The University of Illinois had License #1 from Western Electric for UNIX ($1.00). We ran it on a PDP11/50 with 48K of memory (it has 64K installed but only 48K worked. Our whole system cost $220,000 (you had it way too cheap). We (CAC) developed two systems to allow access to the ARPANET. We had a deal with DEC in which they gave us a credit for $22K everytime someone licensed an ANTS (Arpanet Network Terminal System) from U of I and bought a DEC system from them. We (CAC's Steve Holmgren, et al.) developed the first network control program for UNIX and DoD bought many licenses for UNIX from Western for PDP11's, and we got our computer free. UNIX kernel was very small and was permanently resident in core. Various components like (NCP) were swapped in. I am sure my hearing aid has more memory than that computer did. google.com We ran routinely 25 terminals on this system and did all of heavy computation for ILLIAC IV simulators remotely over the ARPANET on UCSD's Burroughs 6700's. DoD made us return our 6500 so we could have the experience of being completely dependent on the ARPANET. We tried to encourage DEC to go with UNIX and abandon the operating system they were trying to develop for the PDP-70. Olsen wasn't interested. AT&T thought it was forbidden to market UNIX because of its 1956 consent decree with DOJ limiting it to "common carrier communication" (nothing about the H-bomb in there!). Berkeley went ahead and developed the BSD UNIX system for PDP70 which became quite a hit.

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