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+title: "Building ! PDP7 Unix images yourself"
+description: In this post, we will see how you can build ! PDP7 UNIX system images yourself from the source from the preservation repository."
+slug: building-pdp7-unix-images-yourself
+authors: legacyinstaller
+tags: [unix, 1970s]
+image: ./img/make.webp
+keyword: [pdp7, unix, 1970, 1970s, virtualhub]
+---
+
+As promised in the [tutorial on how to use ! PDP 7 Unix on SIMH](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/simh/), in this post, we will see how you can build ! PDP7 UNIX system images yourself from the source from the original [project to resurrect Unix on the PDP-7 from a scan of the original assembly code](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix).
+
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+
+This post assumes that you are running a Linux distribution. If you have not installed Linux yet, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu, a beginner-friendly distro](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/). If you really want to use Windows, you can use [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/) to follow this tutorial.
+
+First, we need to install some tools and dependencies to build it. On Ubuntu/Debian based distros, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt install git make perl gcc libdatetime-perl
+```
+
+On Fedora and related distros, run:
+
+```bash
+sudo dnf install git make perl gcc perl-DateTime
+```
+
+On openSUSE and related distros, run:
+
+```bash
+sudo zypper in git make perl gcc perl-DateTime
+```
+
+On Arch based distros, run:
+
+```bash
+sudo pacman -S git make perl gcc perl-datetime
+```
+
+Now, move to the Downloads folder and clone the [pdp7-unix](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix) repository:
+
+```bash
+cd ~/Downloads
+git clone https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix.git
+```
+
+![Cloning the project site](./img/clone.webp)
+
+Move to the `pdp7-unix` folder:
+
+```bash
+cd pdp7-unix
+```
+
+Run the following command to start making the images:
+
+```bash
+make binaries
+```
+
+![Making the images](./img/make.webp)
+
+After the command has completed, you will find files called `boot.rim` and `image.fs` in the `binaries` folder. Copy them somewhere and use them when asked in the [tutorial on how to use ! PDP 7 Unix on SIMH](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/simh/).

blog/2023/11/27-1971.md

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+---
+title: 1971 Plan
+description: "There were two operating system of our interest which was released in the year 1971. Both of them can be installed on one of the SIMH emulators."
+slug: 1971
+authors: legacyinstaller
+tags: [plan, 1970s]
+image: ./img/1971.webp
+keyword: [1971, 1970s, virtualhub]
+---
+
+![Unix v1 from 1965](./img/1971.webp)
+
+There were two operating system of our interest which was released in the year 1971. They were:
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+
+- ! Unix v1
+- ! OS/8
+
+Sadly, we do not have a complete copy of Unix v1, but we do have a copy with v1 [kernel](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)>) and v2 [userland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space). It can be used on SIMH PDP-11 emulator.
+
+OS/8 can be used on SIMH PDP-8 emulator.
+
+I will cover them soon.
+
+Stay tuned!