<div dir="auto">Several copies of the "first edition " bootleg of the Lions book.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A Gould Firebreathers Coffee Mug in pristine condition</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">An "Amdahl now does GREP" button.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The previous items being related to the ascension of UNIX onto mainframe class servers.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My favorite quote from that time if I have it right.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Amdahl Computers now compile the entire UNIX KERNEL in the debounce time of the RETURN key.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(Or something like that)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The UNIX and Ultrix versions of the license plate</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> A QMS KISS BUTTON issued when their first laser printer hit the UNIX conference circuit.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Their salute to the</div><div dir="auto">KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A Software Artisan Craftsman and Hardware Designer philosophy as exemplified by UNIX and its vast toolkit of simple "do one thing very well" and THEN interface to all other tools programming approach to software design </div><div dir="auto">To design complex systems using well tested modules.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 9:37 PM Warner Losh <<a href="mailto:imp@bsdimp.com">imp@bsdimp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 12:10 PM segaloco via TUHS <<a href="mailto:tuhs@tuhs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tuhs@tuhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">As someone who has been quite attentive to the documentation situation with UNIX, I've managed to build out a pretty appreciable library of historic works. Among my most treasured bits are my 3B20S Release 4.1 manual and Bell Labs copies of the Lions's Commentary.<br>
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What do folks have around that you're particularly thrilled to have among your UNIX-y possessions?<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My AIX yoyo. And a bootleg copy of lions. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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