32K, RF-11 + RK03 disks, KE11A module [extended arithmetic element for multiply/divide],
DC-11 8 TTYs, TC-11 DECTape
Yes, it's not a mistake: people organized on TUHS
(start reading here)
managed to get such an early system running again.
This software dates from 1972 (printout from 06/72, one example in the code is "Date 3/17/72").
The kernel was modified to recognize the 0407 executables from V2,
because the V1 userland seems still to be lost.
A software kit is available on the SIMH pages.
The Plan9 Project is hosting the
7th Edition Manuals.
The Bourne shell
was introduced with this release.
Some consider this Unix release as the "last true Unix".
Reconstructed from tapes on a 7th edition system according to the instructions of
Jos� R. Valverde.
I could compile Bourne shells from SVR1, SVR2 and 8th edition (aka V8) on this system.
This was the first commercial Unix from AT&T.
A minimal installation without manuals.
The RetroComputinGeek pages
show how to set it up with a tape from
Bitsavers.org.
Ultrix development by DEC started on the PDP-11 and resulted in "V7m", a modified V7.
Later, the development moved to the VAX architecture, was rather based on 4.2BSD and became "Ultrix-32",
while V7m was renamed to "Ultrix-11".
A later Ultrix on VAX.
Seth Morabito explains on TUHS how to install it.
I succeeded with ra60 devices - thanks to Rodolfo Mart�n for the helpful hint!
OSF1/V4.0B (1996) on Personal Alpha Emulator 2.0.16
I just installed myself from CD on the Personal Alpha emulator (running on Windows XP).
Other resources
In alphabetical order
Angelo Papenhoff's pages on
a.papnet.eu/UNIX/
with detailed installation instructions for various old Unix variants
gunkies.org, "Computer History Wiki"
(Ultrix32v4.0 above, 4.2/4.3BSD, V6),
Noel's great page about getting 6th edition running on the ersatz-11 emulator
