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Unix OS Archaeology Tru64 Unix
- digi_owl 10y agoseems this is the article you really wanted to link to... https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/unix-os-archaeology-tru64-unix-part-2/ https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/unix-os-archaeolo...
- brudgers 10y agoOriginal Submission with Music Video in case link gets switched: https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/unix-os-archaeology-soviet-unix-clone-demos-pt-2/ https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/unix-os-archaeolo...
- youdontknowtho 10y agoThe article that's linked to is about a Soviet Unix clone. It's pretty cool, too.
- UseStrict 10y agoSurprisingly Tru64 only reached end-of-life in December of 2012, with the last release happening in 2010. Depressingly, some of the modern software I write at work is required to be compatible with Tru64 5.0 as some of our customers are still running that OS.
- angrygoat 10y agoTru64 featured AdvFS, which was awesome for the time (pre-ZFS). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdvFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdvFS
- bogomipz 10y agoThis link isn't for a post on Tru64 but rather: "Unix OS archaeology – Soviet UNIX clone DEMOS pt.2" Also interesting but perhaps correct the URL in the title?
- ddp 10y agoThe MicroVAX II was alleged to have this etched into some revs, in Cyrillic: "MicroVAX: when you care enough to steal the very best"