UNIX (2/18/1985)

AT&T's computer operating system is threatening to take over IBM's MS-DOS dominance.

Guests: John Mashey, Bell Labs; Mark Sobell, Author; Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems; Doug Hartman, Hewlett Packard; Mike Denney, Basis; Gary Kildall, DRI

Products/Demos: File It, HP Integral PC, UNIX

This item is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles

Keywords: Episode year: 1985

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Reviewer: n0gear - - March 10, 2008
Subject: query

ok not a review but in the beginning they do a search and it comes up with few people from helsinki finland ... and linux was made by linus from helsinki! spooky
Anyone know who those people are?

Reviewer: cyberhacker665 - - August 28, 2006
Subject: Unix rules

This proves the dominance of todays 2006 unix operating system over the 1980's ms dos

Reviewer: nolight - - August 22, 2006
Subject: Unix

it gives a little insight in UNIX and how things worked on PC 1985. Yet the view on the system itself is rather fast and does not present any deep insights.
I way quite amused of the way the commands in the shell are presented; you could hardly see something. But it is a good video, shwoing how Unix was used in 1985.

Reviewer: Carmen_de_Coghlan - - August 22, 2006
Subject: UNIX history

good footage and interviews give historical insight into the beginnings of unix type systems on the PC. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE GEMS AVAILABLE!!!

Carmen Chase