! Unix v5

! Unix v5 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-11 computer. It was developed by Bell Labs. It can be used on SIMH PDP-11 emulator as well as the Ersatz-11 emulator.

📄️ ! Unix v5 on SIMH

We can run ! Unix v5 on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator. First, we need to download the ! Unix v5 kit. You can download the kit needed to run it on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website.

📄️ ! Unix v5 on Ersatz-11

We can run ! Unix v5 on the Ersatz-11 emulator. First, we need to download the ! Unix v5 kit. You can download the kit needed to run it from the "SIMH Legacy" website.

Manuals

Here is the manual for ! Unix v5:

• ! Unix Programmer's Manual, 5th Edition

Reading the volume 2A and 2B of ! Unix v7 manual is also helpful. They contain many short tutorials which will be helpful in learning how to use Unix. While the manual is for v7, most of the information included there applies to every version of Unix.

• ! Unix Programmer's Manual, 7th Edition, Volume 2A
• ! Unix Programmer's Manual, 7th Edition, Volume 2B

You may also be interested in the PDP-11 manuals. It was the computer on which ! Unix v5 was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:

• PDP-11 Manuals

Related Pages

• VirtualHub Screenshots
• Run ! Unix v5 in your web browser: Paul Nankervis' emulator (Instructions given on page)
• Run ! Unix v5 in your web browser: PCjs (Choose the Unix v5 (SimH) image in RK0 slot. Click on Load. Then reset the machine. At the Boot> prompt, enter boot rk0. You will get an @ prompt. Type unix to boot ! Unix v5. Log in using the username root. You can run ls to see list of files.)
• Wikipedia
• Computer History Wiki ! Unix v5 page
• Computer History Wiki PDP-11 page
• The Unix Heritage Society (TUHS) wiki page on ! Unix v5
• Computer History Wiki tutorial on running ! Unix v5 on SIMH
• Tutorial from squoze.net on running ! Unix v5 on SIMH

Credits

• The manuals were taken from http://squoze.net, this page from Bell Labs and Bitsavers.