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<p>My vol 2C is comb bound with the Bell logo on the front and back
cover.</p>
<p>It matches what Matt describes below: Date November 1980,
hand-written part 55 (Curses) on TOC, Curses included.</p>
<p>I personally wrote "4.1 BSD Vol 2C" on the spine of my comb
version, and "4.1 BSD Vol 1" on the spine of the other comb bound,
which were clearly a set. (We were expected to use the V7 vol 2a
and 2b, as they were not changed.) Vol 1's title page is dated
June, 1981". The preface of Vol 1 adds 3 paragraphs beginning
"This update to the fourth distribution of November, 1980 provides
support for the VAX 11/750 and for the full interconnect
architecture of the VAX 11/780. ..." This paragraph is not dated
but would seem to be from June 1981.</p>
<p>I don't recall who ran the set of manuals in Bell Labs, but it
wasn't done at Columbus. Someone was kind enough to send me a set.<br>
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<p>I'm inclined to believe Matt is right about vol 2C not being
updated except by pencil and the Curses section.</p>
<p>Interestingly, I also have a "UNIX 3.0 Vol 1" comb bound manual
with the same style of cover, same personal spine label, probably
done at the same time, likely by the same group. I don't recall
who but I'll speculate it was someone at MH or WH. Possibly Brian
Redman?<br>
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<p>
“This is a great book about an amazing journey of a
woman
<br>
who went through hell to become the person she is
today.”
<br>
<b> - Monica Helms, creator of the transgender flag</b>
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"Brave and Important - Don’t miss this wonderful book!"
<br>
<b> - Laura L. Engel, Intl. Memoir Writers Assn.</b>
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<p>
Available on Amazon and bn.com. Audiobook on
Google Play.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/14/23 22:49, segaloco wrote:<br>
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<div>One thing worth noting, I think, not sure, but I think the
contents suggest the 4BSD rather than 4.1BSD set, I can't tell
for certain because I actually can't locate a 4.1BSD doc folder
with the Volume 2C intro and TOC. The physical article (as well
as a Acco binder copy I also have) both indicate November 1980
(as opposed to 4.1BSDs June 1981.) Curiously, the comb bound one
has one extra entry in the TOC written in by hand: the curses
paper. Indeed it is the last in the comb bound manual and not
present in my Acco-bound copy.</div>
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style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Not
conclusive of anything but just an observation, I can't track
down an authoritatively-sourced copy of the doc/vmunix folder
where the original of the TOC lives in 4BSD. The 4BSD typesetter
sources of the TOC match what is in both copies I have, minus
the hand-written curses inclusion.</div>
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style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It
very well could be the Volume 2C version of the TOC stopped
being maintained around this time as I likewise don't see the
doc/vmunix folder in 4.1c or 4.2. Either way, just something I
found odd, I can't 100% confirm parity with what would be in
/usr/doc on a standard 4.1BSD distro, I'll have to go digging
and see what I have though, I feel like I archived away some
4.1BSD stuff I found somewhere that had some delta with what is
in the UNIX tree. Not going to draw any firm conclusions until I
put eyes on doc sources though. That said, it wouldn't surprise
me if the manual amounts to more of a "4.0b", being the 4BSD set
with some incremental changes towards 4.1. But again, nothing to
back that up, just my initial impression.</div>
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<div class="protonmail_quote"> ------- Original Message -------<br>
On Saturday, October 14th, 2023 at 8:19 PM, Mary Ann Horton
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mah@mhorton.net"><mah@mhorton.net></a> wrote:<br>
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<p>I checked my bookshelf - my 4.1BSD manuals are the same
Bell Labs printing as the two Worthpoint links below. AFAIK
they are a vanilla printing of the soft copy from the 4.1
BSD tape.</p>
<p>If there is any value to documenting this further, please
let me know.<br>
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<a href="https://maryannhorton.com"
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moz-do-not-send="true">maryannhorton.com</a> <br>
<p> “This is a great book about an amazing journey
of a woman <br>
who went through hell to become the person she is
today.” <br>
<b> - Monica Helms, creator of the transgender
flag</b> </p>
<p> "Brave and Important - Don’t miss this wonderful
book!" <br>
<b> - Laura L. Engel, Intl. Memoir Writers Assn.</b>
</p>
<p> Available on Amazon and bn.com. Audiobook on
Google Play. </p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/9/23 19:11, Jonathan Gray
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre">On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 04:17:36PM +0000, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre">Spotted this and ordered it on eBay <a
href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/235246689392"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.ebay.com/itm/235246689392</a>
After the link is a pretty nondescript comb-bound 4.1BSD User's
Manual Volume 2C. I don't think I've seen comb-bound issues prior
to the USENIX 4.2BSD set that introduced the Beastie cover. Does
anyone know if there was a limited run produced by the Berkeley
folks themselves or if this is more likely a one-off someone printed
for themselves? Either way, this is an exciting find for the
completeness of my library, this would leave 3BSD as the only VAX
BSD version I don't have any Volume 2C papers in my bookshelf from.
If this does prove to be issue from Berkeley or someone directly
adjacent to them, the next thing I hope to figure out is if this
has Volume 1 and Volume 2A/2B companions. I find myself curious
because the 4BSD Volume 2C I have was following a plain Jane Version
7 Volume 2A/2B rather than also 4BSD 2A/2B, so whoever curated that
set either got them that way or clobbered V7 and 4BSD docs together
themselves.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre">Brian Ehrmantraut's photo has two 4.1BSD volumes:
<a
href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/internetoldfarts/posts/722465582733996/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/groups/internetoldfarts/posts/722465582733996/</a>
Link from when the Wollongong Group version of the commentary was
mentioned here.
There was a Bell Laboratories printing of the 4.1BSD manuals.
<a
href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1981-bell-laboratories-unix-users-1947580163"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1981-bell-laboratories-unix-users-1947580163</a>
<a
href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1980-bell-laboratories-unix-1947578308"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1980-bell-laboratories-unix-1947578308</a>
A list of documents included with the distribution can be found in
doc/vmunix/cover*. Below text from 4.1a.tar.gz included in the CSRG
Archives.
July 8, 1981
This is a full distribution kit for the second release of
the Fourth Berkeley software tape, known as 4.1bsd. The
package you received should have contained:
1) Either a 2400' 1600 bpi magnetic tape or two RK07 disk
cartridges containing the basic system software; this
is the bootstrap distribution media. A second 2400'
1600 bpi tape or a third RK07 disk cartridge contains
additional material beyond the basic system on the
first tape (INGRES, source for documents in the
manuals, bit mapped fonts, etc.)
2) Documents titled ``Installing and operating 4.1bsd'',
``Bug fixes and changes in 4.1bsd'', ``Changes to the
kernel in 4.1bsd'', and ``Hints on configuring VAX
systems for UNIX''
3) A two sided copy of volume 1 of the programmer's
manual.
4) A single sided, reproduction-quality copy of Volume 1
of the programmer's manual for the system.
5) A copy of a document describing fsck.
6) A two sided copy of volumes 2a and 2b of the
programmer's manual.
7) A single sided, reproduction-quality, copy of Volume 2c
of the programmer's manual for the system.
8) 2 Vi Reference Cards and a master for reproducing
cards.
9) Three documents describing the Berkeley Network.
10) Two documents on the internals of the Pascal system.
manual and a new table of contents for volume 2c.
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