A Brief History of Unix
History of Unix and causes for its popularity. "This document is designed to give people with no previous UNIX experience some sense of what UNIX is. This document will cover the history of UNIX and an introduction to UNIX."
A Brief Synopsis of Unix History
University of Indiana Knowledge Base article. Summary of Unix versions and links to related entries.
A History of UNIX before Berkeley
A detailed overview of Unix people and components, 1975-1984.
About the FreeBSD Project
History and overview from the FreeBSD Handbook.
Bell Labs: Selected Technical Reports
Several classic Unix papers dating back to 1973. Most reports are Gzipped PostScript, some are in PDF.
CSRG Archive CD-ROMs
The full source archives of the University of California at Berkeley's Computer Systems Research Group, for sale on a 4-CD set.
Dennis Ritchie's Home Page
Several historic technical reports, anecdotes, and stories from one of the fathers of Unix.
History of the BSD Daemon
Various drawings, pictures, and information on the red devil BSD mascot.
History of Unix, Linux, and Open Source
Historical comparison of Unix and the free software movement.
Nick Moffitt's $7 History of Unix
History paper detailing the people and places involved in developing Unix.
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