Microsoft UNIX Licensing.

1978 AT&T System 7 for XENIX

1991 Apple System 7 for Windows 3.1

1994 DEC UNIX for Windows NT

2002 SCO UNIX for Windows XP

After XP Microsoft moved away from UNIX Licensing and started International ECMA 335 & 336 Standard or .NET.

Microsoft Buys Into SCO Group’s Unix

Microsoft to license Unix code 

I licensed Windows NT, XP and 2003 code from Microsoft and have my original System Integrator contract.my startup is a Gold Microsoft Partner and Microsoft Bizspark Graduate. I'm a UVa Computer Science Alumni in 2013 with a 3.2 GPA and Scholar award. I need my Windows Vista, 7, 8/8.1 Source to complete my Microsoft contract and I have my software assurance

Startups … inside giant companies

Apple's Darwin Build

    

 In older macOS releases ending with Snow Leopard. You can use Apple's former build utility called Darwin Build to fetch releases of Apple sources here is a link to macOS Forge. You can still use Bash for Windows or the Git For Windows SDK. and step 6 & 7 on Windows.

https://www.macosforge.org/

 

 

1. install darwinbuild
2. mkdir 9G55 && cd 9G55
3. sudo -s
4. darwinbuild -init 9G55
5. for X in $(darwinxref version '*' | cut -d '-' -f 1); do darwinbuild -fetch $X; done
6. mkdir AllSource
7. for X in Sources/*; do tar zxvf $X -C AllSource/; done


 You can also boot Darwin 8.0 Panther on 2005 x86 hardware.

The UNIX Heritage Society

 https://www.tuhs.org/

UK Kent Mirror Service near Moore Castle in the UK

https://www.mirrorservice.org/ 

Code Plex

 MS CodePlex Archive ZIPs

I've been on Code Plex ever since the beginning and I was able to fit my codeplex,archive my entertainment and everything else on a 36 terabyte RAID 1 with a RAID Card. Also you might like 

FSCK Technology for older systems like OpenStep 

https://fsck.technology/

Windows Build Collection

Here is a list of windows Build Numbers. You might want to cache the beta wiki like I have 

Welcome to BetaWiki!

Name / Description	Version	Build Number	Public Release	RTM Release
Windows NT 3.1	3.10	511	1993-07-27
Windows NT 3.5	3.50	807	1994-09-21
Windows NT 3.1, Service Pack 3	3.10	528	1994-11
Windows NT 3.51	3.51	1057	1995-05-30
Windows 95	4.00	950	1995-08-24
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1	4.00	950 A	1996-02-14
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2	4.00	950 B	1996-08-24
Windows NT 4.0	4.0	1381	1996-08-24	1996-07-31
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1	4.00	950 B	1997-08-27
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5	4.00	950 C	1997-11-26
Windows 98	4.10	1998	1998-05-15
Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)	4.10	2222	1999-05-05
Windows 2000	5.0	2195	2000-02-17	1999-12-15
Windows Me	4.90	3000	2000-09-14	2000-06-19
Windows XP	5.1	2600	2001-10-25	2001-08-24
Windows XP, Service Pack 1	5.1	2600.1105-1106	2002-09-09
Windows Server 2003	5.2	3790	2003-04-24
Windows XP, Service Pack 2	5.1	2600.2180	2004-08-25
Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 1	5.2	3790.1180	2005-03-30
Windows Server 2003 R2	5.2	3790	2005-12-06	2005-12-06
Windows Vista	6.0	6000	2007-01-30	2006-11-08
Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 2	5.2	3790	2007-03-13
Windows Home Server	5.2	4500	2007-11-04	2007-07-16
Windows Vista, Service Pack 1	6.0	6001	2008-02-04
Windows Server 2008	6.0	6001	2008-02-27	2008-02-04
Windows XP, Service Pack 3	5.1	2600	2008-04-21
Windows Vista, Service Pack 2	6.0	6002	2009-05-26	2009-04-28
Windows Server 2008, Service Pack 2	6.0	6002	2009-05-26
Windows 7	6.1	7600	2009-10-22	2009-07-22
Windows Server 2008 R2	6.1	7600	2009-10-22	2009-07-22
Windows 7, Service Pack 1	6.1	7601	2011-02-22
Windows Server 2008 R2, Service Pack 1	6.1	7601	2011-02-22	2011-02-09
Windows Home Server 2011	6.1	8400	2011-04-06	2011-04-06
Windows Server 2012	6.2	9200	2012-09-04	2012-08-01
Windows 8	6.2	9200	2012-10-26	2012-08-01
Windows 8.1	6.3	9600	2013-08-27	2013-10-17
Windows Server 2012 R2	6.3	9600	2013-10-18	2013-08-27
Windows 10, Version 1507	10.0	10240	2015-07-29	2015-07-15
Windows 10, Version 1511	10.0	10586	2015-11-10
Windows 10, Version 1607	10.0	14393	2016-08-02
Windows Server 2016, Version 1607	10.0	14393	2016-08-02
Windows 10, Version 1703	10.0	15063	2017-04-05
Windows 10, Version 1709	10.0	16299	2017-10-17
Windows Server 2016, Version 1709	10.0	16299	2017-10-17
Windows 10, Version 1803	10.0	17134	2018-04-30
Windows Server 2019, Version 1809	10.0	17763	2018-10-02
Windows 10, Version 1809	10.0	17763	2018-11-13
Windows Server 2008, Service Pack 2, Rollup KB4489887	6.0	6003	2019-03-19
Windows 10, Version 1903	10.0	18362	2019-05-21
Windows 10, Version 1909	10.0	18363	2019-11-12
Windows 10, Version 2004	10.0	19041	2020-05-27
Windows 10, Version 20H2	10.0	19042	2020-10-20

 Microsoft Windows 98

 Microsoft Windows 95 

Microsoft Windows Me

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

Microsoft Windows Whistler

The Windows Longhorn/Vista Archive

Microsoft Windows 7 

Microsoft Windows 8 

Windows Interoperability

 In 2009 Microsoft tried there Interoperability with UNIX/LINUX with not much success with the publicin Windows 10 it is getting better please read Microsoft learn for complete details. Some of the open group projects are openpegusus for WBEM and motif for a standard window.

Open Specifications Dev Center

Microsoft Windows 7

For Windows 7. So far you need you Windows API Code Pack, Windows 7 SDK and WDK and you .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Reference source which shipped with Windows 7 and in support until 2029. Which I have I'll try to put it on my github when my company is funded. Until then you can use this tech incident that I and Microsoft worked on below. The .NET Framework 4.6.1 is in support until 2027 so look for a switch from Linus after that its still Dependency hell in Linux and .NET not the .NET Framework there is a difference. 

.NET Referance Source 

Windows-API-Code-Pack-1.1  

Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 

Other WDK downloads 

msdn-code-gallery-microsoft  

Samples are still being gathered from NT 4.0 to 11 stay tuned.

Microsoft .NET Framework Lifecycle

 

 

Visual C++ 4.0

     You need Visual C++ 4.0 to build the NT 4.0 source kit again with the 4.0 SDK and DDK again using windiff to combine directories. In my opinion Visual C++ 4.0 would be the version to buy with 2005 for XP/2003. As 4.0 comes with the Mac Cross Platform Version, RISC edition and the Embedded Version. XP is in Visual Studio 2019 Compatibility support until 2029 so don't look for Windows 7 source anytime soon. Maybe the Enterprise Source Licensing Program if your company has 10K windows seats. It used to be 700 resource hours.  I'm a member of the .NET Foundation and am trying with the Shared Source initiative again. You need your desktop optimization packs with software assurance.

Visual Studio 2019 Platform Targeting and Compatibility

XP in support in VS 2019 until 2029.

Installing Darwin on QEMU

 

1. Darwin 8.0.1 (corresponding to Mac OS X 10.4) seems to be the latest available full installer image, at least, until the PureDarwin project produces a new one.

   • List of available ISO images

2. More recent versions of packages are available in source form:

   • Open Source website (links by OS release)

   • Full list of packages (some aren't linked under any OS release)

Installing

1. Download and extract installation CD image:

   • Darwin 8.0.1 (was under “Darwin 8.0.1 Installer CD” on old website)

     • MD5: dbd260dda994093a11c31afbe624aa34

     • SHA-256: a26f9f14795fe0687bd647d41b712464c9a61430736fae4aa0fdb89207e1a62a

   • $ gunzip darwinx86-801.iso.gz

2. Set up QEMU VM:

   • $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 darwin.qcow2 10G

3. Start VM:

   • $ qemu -net none -drive file=darwin.qcow2,cache=writeback -cdrom darwinx86-801.iso -boot d

   • Other useful qemu options: -m 512 and -enable-kqemu

4. Installation steps:

   • First boot:

     • Select disk

     • "2" (manual partitioning)

     • "y" (initialize MBR)

     • In fdisk:

       • > auto hfs

       • Ignore the warning

       • > update

       • > write

       • > quit

     • Enter partition name

     • "yes" (clean install)

     • "darwin" (volume name)

     • Continue (reboot)

   • Second boot (make sure to boot from CD again):

     • Select disk

     • "3" (existing partition)

     • Enter partition name

     • "hfs" (HFS+ filesystem)

     • "yes" (clean install)

     • "darwin" (volume name)

     • Wait for installation to complete...

     • Enter root password

     • "darwin" (hostname)

     • "3" (spawn shell)

     • # halt

5. Configure VM for normal startup:

   • Remove QEMU flags -cdrom darwinx86-801.iso -boot d

Basic configuration

Enable VM networking

• Change QEMU flags: -net none → -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user

SSH access

1. Change QEMU flags: -net user → -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:10022-:22 (pick any port instead of 10022)

2. Log in to VM, enable SSH:

   • # service ssh start

3. Connect to VM with

   • $ ssh -p 10022 root@localhost

4. Optionally add an alias to host ~/.ssh/config to simplify connecting:

   • Host darwin-vm
     HostName localhost
     Port 10022
     User root

   • Connect to VM with

     • ssh darwin-vm

5. Install public key to simplify logging in:

   • $ cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh darwin-vm 'mkdir .ssh; cat >>.ssh/authorized_keys'

6. Add -nographic to QEMU flags to disable console window, which is no longer required

Some familiar aliases

• # echo "alias ll='ls -l'" >>/etc/bashrc

• # echo "alias la='ls -lA'" >>/etc/bashrc

Timezone

• # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime

Temporary filesystem

Using a temporary disk image to build software helps keep the main disk image file smaller.

1. $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 scratch.qcow2 10G

2. Add QEMU flag: -drive file=scratch.qcow2,cache=writeback and boot

3. Figure out which disk number corresponds to the scratch drive:

   • # mount

   • # ls /dev/rdisk*

   • It's the one that isn't mounted and doesn't have any partitions (sn-suffixed files)

   • It's usually, but not always, /dev/rdisk1

4. # newfs_hfs -v scratch /dev/rdisk1

5. # reboot

6. Available as /Volumes/scratch on next boot

Notes

1. The VM sometimes fails to boot with "panic(...): nfs_boot_init failed"; if this happens, restart it.

Updating the system

Kernel (xnu)

• It breaks support for FAT (and thus the QEMU virtual FAT drive)

  • Support for FAT is in the msdosfs package which requires Xcode to build

  • An alternative to the virtual FAT drive for transferring files is writing tar archives directly to an unpartitioned drive

  • SSH scp is another alternative

• Requires:

  • corresponding cctools (e.g. initially installed version or cctools-590.42.1, but not cctools-667.3)

  • gcc 3.3 (revert if changed with gcc_select 3.3)

• Source package: xnu-792.6.76.tar.gz (update to version listed under “Mac OS X 10.4.3”)

  • MD5: 854f44519778e8bde4283e275ed154e6

  • SHA-256: 35c5ed2f1399c770583a229a733d064dc302ae6327a7fcb40996e1f3c474f568

• Building:

  • # cd /Volumes/scratch

  • # tar xzf xnu-792.6.76.tar.gz

  • # cd xnu-792.6.76

  • Patch to help build gcc_42-5577:

    • # sed -i.tmp 's/defined *(__i386__)/& || defined(__x86_64__)/' bsd/{machine,sys}/*.h

  • # make DSTROOT= install

• Reboot. uname -r is now 8.7.0.

Standard library (Libc)

• Requires updated xnu (xnu-792.6.761).

• Source package: Libc-391.2.10.tar.gz (update to version listed under “Mac OS X 10.4.3”)

  • MD5: 7a1a08d1b68668fc41916d6cf39182a4

  • SHA-256: e90b78d310235544623f26c6f18e27b329b5bc778deab8e57332e8e90ab92f11

• Building:

  • # cd /Volumes/scratch

  • # tar xzf Libc-391.2.10.tar.gz

  • # cd Libc-391.2.10

  • # sed -i.tmp s/NOTIFY_STATUS_OK/0/g gen/{asl.c,syslog.c}

  • Patch to help build gcc_42-5577:

    • # sed -i.tmp 's/defined *(__i386__)/& || defined(__x86_64__)/' include/machine/*.h

  • # make OBJROOT="$PWD"/obj install

Upgrading GCC

dyld

• This is optional.

• Source package: dyld-46.16.tar.gz (under “Mac OS X 10.4.11.x86”)

  • MD5: a97d4d2a77b3e5f2ff9757007cae0596

  • SHA-256: cf753c3a2cef239b1334c56603b36d206f54d613daa078ce0f2d73c3e2a0dd82

• Makefile: dyld.mk

  • Darwin doesn't include Xcode, which is required to build this package. This makefile provides alternative build instructions.

• Building:

  • # cd /Volumes/scratch

  • # tar xzf dyld-46.16.tar.gz

  • # cd dyld-46.16

  • # sed -i.tmp '/case CPU_TYPE_X86_64:/,/break;/d;/__pthread_tsd_first/d' src/dyld.cpp

  • # ln -s libstdc++.a /usr/lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.0/libstdc++-static.a

  • # bsdmake -f dyld.mk VERSION_DYLD=46 install

cctools

• Choice of version:

  • cctools-667.3

    • Too new to build xnu.

    • Source package: cctools-667.3.tar.gz (under “Mac OS X 10.5.8”)

      • MD5: 518166e6ddbd0287bebee3d00fddee7d

      • SHA-256: 1ba43a3d3bcf138a196e714666927c706857226adccf2e69db4f08e940631c0d

  • cctools-590.42.1

    • Too old to build gcc.

    • Source package: cctools-590.42.1.tar.gz (update to version listed under “Mac OS X 10.4.3”)

      • MD5: 6d875c5483699fd0f1e150facae35256

      • SHA-256: 61c86c4dc556daafbabebd8162bfbce8214843b218fefbd15c6c1ba03d225a10

• Building:

  • # cd /Volumes/scratch

  • # tar xzf cctools-667.3.tar.gz

  • # cd cctools-667.3

  • # sed -i.tmp '/install.*strip/{h;s/strip/seg_hack/gp;g;s/ -s / /;}' misc/Makefile

  • # sed -i.tmp s/ld_classic/ld/ ld/Makefile

  • # make install

• The new assembler will often show the warning "indirect jmp without '*'" on code generated by the old GCC.

gcc

• Choice of version:

  • gcc_42-5577

    • Latests gcc_42 package (newer packages are named gcc). GCC 4.2.1. Requires patched system include files, which can be done when upgrading xnu and Libc (see above).

    • Source package: gcc_42-5577.tar.gz (update to version listed under “Mac OS X 10.5.8”)

      • MD5: dab7ad45f76919f058a6f1cf3a0e91d8

      • SHA-256: fd6459ab701b41dc1297cdbc27f302c558d766505cfe8dd1d6ec0d257fef0e81

  • gcc_42-5531

    • Slightly older version. Doesn't require any changes to include files.

    • Source package: gcc_42-5531.tar.gz (under “Mac OS X 10.5.8”)

      • MD5: 959ecd224cea2477d57b1c3026fe05ee

      • SHA-256: 924862e2092fa11754ec9226a0de4772d831c40500231728055d00d1bb3a632e

• Requires cctools-667.3 and optionally dyld

  • Building:

    • # cd /Volumes/scratch

    • # tar xzf gcc_42-5577.tar.gz

    • # cd gcc_42-5577

    • If dyld isn't upgraded, patch to revert debugging format from DWARF to stabs:

      • # sed -i.tmp 's/\(#define PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE \).*/\1DBX_DEBUG/' gcc/config/darwin.h

      • # sed -i.tmp '/darwin_macho_att_stub/s/Init.*//' gcc/config/darwin.opt

    • # sed -i.tmp '/x86_64/s/|| exit 1//' build_gcc

    • # ln -s true /usr/bin/dsymutil

    • # gnumake RC_ARCHS=i386 install

      • Don't try to set DSTROOT=/, it deletes everything.

    • # cp -pR dst/* /

    • # cp -pR obj/dst-i686-i686/usr/lib/libgcc_s* /usr/lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.2.1/

• GCC is now installed as gcc-4.2.

  • It can be made default with gcc_select 4.2. 

    
    

    

Making a Cygwin Mac Virtual Machine

 

VirtualBox/Setting up a Virtual Machine/Mac OS X

The following installation script:

• ...is free and open-source
• ...requires only VirtualBox with its Extension Pack and dependencies that can be easily installed in a single command with most open-source package managers
• ...downloads macOS Catalina, Mojave and High Sierra directly from Apple's servers
• ...installs macOS without modifying the original Apple binaries and without third-party bootloaders
• ...creates a VM that is compatible with OpenCore and can be exported (with manual modifications) to KVM/QEMU for near-native performance
• ...runs on Linux, Windows (WSL 1, Cygwin), and macOS 
• You will be asked to enter your Apple ID. Even if you have an Apple ID, do not enter now.

The Spaghetti Tech Incedent 

You dont have to hack it anymore at least by Cygwin or POSIX standards.

 

My Knowledge Work

From 2000-2021 I did a lot of knowledge work for my self and Microsoft I was even followed by MSFT Research before the invasion of the urkaine.A war over viking land if you will. I did knowledge work and built various Microsoft software including Windows. I am Windows Internals Certified for Windows 7 in 2011.

My Knowledge Work

How knowledge workers use the web 

 

Building Windows XP/2003

    

    To build Windows XP or 2003 32- bit first you need to make a Windows XP/2003 Oracle Virtual Machine. Mount a shared folder with the files in them. Also install the Services for UNIX. And the SFU SDK. Use the System Integrator XP or 2003 Source Kit with the 2003 DDK and Platform SDK  and combine them using Windiff or SDKdiff.

 

• 1. Set the date to August 1st 2003 by typing 'date' in the cmd window
• 2. Make sure the files are not read only.
• 3. Install the 2003 SP1 driver certificate.
• 4. chdir to the 2003 root as admin.
• 5. type 'tools\razzle free offline'
• 6. type 'path tools\sp;%path%'
• 7. type 'tools\checktestroot.cmd and checktestca.cmd'
• 8. type 'perl tools\timebuild.pl -NOCLEANBUILD -NOSYNC -NOSCORCH'
• 9. type 'BUILD /ZP' after you fix errors
• 10. If you need to use 'expand /r' to X:\ENGLISH\WIN2003\ENT\I386\* C:\binaries.x86fre from a retail DVD.
• 11. certmgr.msc, go to Trusted Root Certification Authorities\Certificates and remove the Microsoft Test Root Authority certificate, Sign out and Sign in again.

 

 

 

You might want to download skunkware from SCO and try to build it in SFU in 32-bit Windows XP or 2003 for extra points.

https://www.sco.com/skunkware/