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pidp11-2.11bsd

Using the historical Unix 2.11 BSD operating system on the pidp-11

The pidp11 is a replica of the historical PDP-11, using a Raspberry Pi and the emulator simh. Many thanks to Oscar Vermeulen for this very interesting kit.

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One of the available historical Unix systems included is 2.11 BSD.

In this repository you can find some short tutorials to get started with 2.11 BSD.

Below is a picture of using cool-retro-term (installation instructions below) with PiDP-11.

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Adding a user

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Using the text editor vi

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Using your favorite editor on your laptop

If you do not like working with vi, there are alternatives. If you access your system from a laptop, and have networking set up on 2.11 BSD, you can use FileZilla on your laptop (Windows, OSX, Linux or Raspbian) to transfer and edit files. This allows using your favorite editor.

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Compiling a C program

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Compiling a Pascal program

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Setting date and time automatically during bootup

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Installing and using cool-retro-term on Raspbian

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Examples written in Berkeley C

octal base converter

calc calculator and base converter

Using rsh to run a command on a remote Raspberry Pi

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A cool-retro-weatherstation

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Doing nice vector graphics on a Tektronix 4010

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Printing to a networked printer

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Minimal system maintenance

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Very fast connection between a laptop and a Raspberry Pi without a network

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Using the TQ tape driver

You can use the TQ tape driver as an alternative way to transfer files between Raspbian and 2.11 BSD. This is especially useful for backing up your BSD home directory or transferring it to a new BSD image.

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For questions, bug reports and proposals for changes and additions please contact r77@bluewin.ch.

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Formatted manual pages for 2.11 BSD can be found at 2.11 BSD manual pages

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