TUHS June 2004

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9 discussions

by norman＠nose.cita.utoronto.ca

I've assembled some notes from old manuals and other sources on the formats used for on-disk file systems through the Seventh Edition: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~norman/old-unix/old-fs.html Additional notes, comments on style, and whatnot are welcome. (It may be sensible to send anything in the last two categories directly to me, rather than to the whole list.)

2 years, 2 months

Lions' V6 source code

by Maciek Bieszczad

Hi, What version, exactly, of 6th Edition source code is contained in the Lions' commentary booklets? I took a look at the version available for download at [http://v6.cuzuco.com/v6.pdf] but it does not seem to match the source code in the TUHS archives. If the source code was in fact modified by Lions, are there any machine-readable versions available? Regards, Maciek.

20 years

re: media: Unix's Founding Fathers

by dmr＠plan9.bell-labs.com

At this instant, there is an accessible link at http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2724348 though it has some popups. A very nice story indeed. I talked to the author (Konstantin Kakaes) for a couple of hours in March. He really did want to know mostly about the kind of things the article talks about, and though the PR guy had probably told him that I wouldn't get into things like SCO, in fact that wasn't what he was interested in. Dennis

20 years

media: Unix's Founding Fathers

by Corey

Good article in the June 10th issue of the Economist that may be of interest to TUHS members (I would have caught it sooner, but I'm a little behind in my reading). Unix's founding fathers Jun 10th 2004 From The Economist print edition Dennis Ritchie invented C and was one of the key members of the team behind Unix - two developments that underpin much modern software http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=S%27%2980%2EQQ7%27%23%40… Subscription or "pay-per-view" required. I'd share the full article, but I am afraid of their lawyers. ---corey

20 years, 1 month

Re: History of "sno" Snobol interpreter (V4, Sys V?)

by dmr＠plan9.bell-labs.com

Shoppa wondered, Can anyone comment about the history of the "sno" Snobol interpreter that seems to exist in V4 (man page in the archives gives 2/7/93 as the date) and some later Unix versions (Sys V, V6, etc.)? In the TUHS archives we have the V6 sources but they are remarkably comment- free. Was "sno" ever part of the build chain of any interesting utilities etc? Not that I know of; I think writing it was just a quick entertainment for Ken. The "application" that has survived is a 1-page program that solves the Soma (or Instant Insanity) puzzle. Dennis

20 years, 1 month

History of "sno" Snobol interpreter (V4, Sys V?)

by shoppa＠trailing-edge.com

Can anyone comment about the history of the "sno" Snobol interpreter that seems to exist in V4 (man page in the archives gives 2/7/93 as the date) and some later Unix versions (Sys V, V6, etc.)? In the TUHS archives we have the V6 sources but they are remarkably comment- free. Was "sno" ever part of the build chain of any interesting utilities etc? I'm just generally curious about awk predecessors, if anyone wants to chime in with their favorite pre-awk string processing tools. Tim.

20 years, 1 month

Re: [TUHS] Lions' V6 source code

by Wolfgang Helbig

Hi >If the source code was in fact modified by Lions, are there any machine-readable versions available? The source is not modified by Lions, aside some layout and commentary changes. You can find it at http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Ken_Wellsch_v6/ By the way, the V6 documentation can be viewed at http://www.ba-stuttgart.de/~helbig/os/v6/doc/index.html Have fun, Wolfgang

20 years, 1 month

386BSD & NetBSD 0.8

by Jason Stevens

Hi, I have one question about 386BSD & NetBSD 0.8... If I'm right the reason that they were 'pulled' was because of infringing AT&T code. However didn't you need a 32v license to get access to 4.X BSD? So in that case since 32v is now public wouldn't that allow these early self hosting BSD's to be 'free' again??? Just wondering... Jason

20 years, 1 month

Multiple system call sets

by dayton＠brooklyn.cuny.edu

Folks, I am interested in the use of multiple system call sets in Unix systems. I recollect that Pyramid Technology machines in the 80's allowed users and/or processes to select whether to use BSD or SYSV system call semantics. Also, FreeBSD supports Linux system calls and SYSV in emulation. Does anyone know a good location (book, article, website) that discusses this. thanks dayton Dayton Clark CIS Department dayton(a)brooklyn.cuny.edu Brooklyn College/CUNY 718.951.4811 Brooklyn, New York 11210 718.951.4842 (fax)

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TUHS June 2004