From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 21 14:03:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC300106566B for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:03:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AFB98FC0A for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1131909bwz.3 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:03:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.2.206 with SMTP id 14mr3293941bkk.189.1266760988332; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:03:08 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [213.146.115.42] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:03:08 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: aavum meza Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: earlier FBSD distributions... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:03:19 -0000 On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, aavum meza wrote: > > How can I get ahold of the earlier versions of FBSOD, up to the initial > release? I have tried looking for an archive on the web, and haven't been > able to find any that aren't for exclusive users only. Thankyou. > If you're willing to go back before Jolitz' 386BSD or BSD44lite code, check out the CSRG Archives. Marshall Kirk McKusick offers a set of CD-ROMs with versions of the original BSD, up to BSD 1: http://www.mckusick.com/csrg/index.html They're not not freely available, because that ancient code was covered by a different license back then, so by buying those CD-ROMs you have to agree to those terms. But it's worth the hassle: there's very interesting code in there if you're an OS historian. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/