This article is about the 1979 Research Unix Operating System. For the Single Unix Specification trademark, see UNIX V7.
Version 7 Unix
Version 7 Unix for the PDP-11, running in the SIMH PDP-11 simulator
Developer
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Written in
C, assembly
OS family
Unix
Working state
Historic
Source model
Originally proprietary software, now open source
Initial release
1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Marketing target
Minicomputers
Available in
English
Platforms
DEC PDP-11, VAX (32v), x86
Kernel type
Monolithic
Default user interface
Command-line interface (Bourne shell)
License
Originally proprietary commercial software, now free software under a BSD-like license
Preceded by
Version 6 Unix
Succeeded by
Version 8 Unix
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