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v7x86-0.8a.tar - ~13 MB v7x86-0.8a.iso - ~14.6 MB Keep in mind, that also includes kernel, kernel source, C compiler, C compiler source, and utilities and uti
by peter_d_sherman 6y ago
v7x86-0.8a.tar - ~13 MB
v7x86-0.8a.iso - ~14.6 MB
Keep in mind, that also includes kernel, kernel source, C compiler, C compiler source, and utilities and utility source.
For comparison, the source of most recent version of gcc, 10.2 -- gcc-releases-gcc-10.2.0.tar.gz -- weighs in at ~118.7 MB, and that's compressed...
Or for comparison, one of the "standard" 600 MB+ (and sometimes much more!) Linux distributions...
Also, v7 Unix occupies a unique place amoung Unices, that is, it's
the simplest possible version of Unix that is actually still functional with the code being readable
(earlier versions have much more assembler code and less C) -- so anyone interested in learning Unix or one of its derivatives from the ground up is well advised to study this source code!
To the Author: You undertook a great job in getting this ancient code base to work on x86, and the community of Unix researchers, students and scholars, both now and in the future -- thank you for this laudable effort!
- ink_13 6y agoIn fairness to gcc, it's more than just a C compiler.
- acqq 6y ago> C compiler source Not included in this distribution. Also not included: the source of boot and the source of compiler used to compile that. See my other post here for the references.
- garretraziel 6y ago> the simplest possible version of Unix that is actually still functional with the code being readable I would argue that Unix v6 (when you consider excellent book Lion's Commentary on UNIX 6th edition) takes that trophy.