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.)
Hello,
I am looking for a copy (electronic or paper) of the digital PDP-11 advertisement that appeared in Newsweek in the early 1980s. The ad states "Who needs a computer with thousands of software programs?", with sketches of people explaining how the computer can be used in their field (ie. "I need it for word processing", "designing bridges", "collecting the bills", etc). Do you know where I can find a copy of it?
Sincerely,
Ryan Doherty
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On May 19 2005, 12:11, Andrew Lynch wrote:
> On May 19, 11:16pm, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> >
> > I've found a copy of the book "The Unix System" and I've had the
> > paper "An Introduction to the UNIX Shell" for 20 years, but I
thought
> > I'd seen a slim book by S.R.Bourne called "The UNIX Shell" or
something
> > of the sort. However, Google, Bibliofind, etc have turned up
nothing;
> > has anyone seen this, or is my memory at fault once more?
>
> Are you possibly thinking of an article that appeared in the 1978
Bell System
> Technical Journal?
I probably am...
> This article is supposed to have also appeared in Volume 2 of the
UNIX
> Programmer's Manual - which would imply that it is the same as "An
Introduction
> to the UNIX Shell" (which is what my 7th Ed Manual contains).
Yes, that's in mine too. I just thought the "slim book" had slightly
more in it, but perhaps that's because it has smaller pages, and
therefore the artice is spread over more of them. I think our library
has a copy of the BSTJ, so I can check.
Someone emailed me off-list with a URL for an HTML-ised version;
thanks, but I have a real 7th Edition Manual with that paper, as well
as the troff source on my (original) 7th Edition distro.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Hi,
I have added test version of binary kernel for Coherent 4.2.10 with
support for fixed 128 MB RAM(tested on 300 MHZ system).
Check
http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~apopiele/embed.html.
I have approval of the owner of Coherent, so it is legal to download and
use this kernel.
Andrzej
I've found a copy of the book "The Unix System" and I've had the
paper "An Introduction to the UNIX Shell" for 20 years, but I thought
I'd seen a slim book by S.R.Bourne called "The UNIX Shell" or something
of the sort. However, Google, Bibliofind, etc have turned up nothing;
has anyone seen this, or is my memory at fault once more?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On May 19, 11:16pm, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> I've found a copy of the book "The Unix System" and I've had the
> paper "An Introduction to the UNIX Shell" for 20 years, but I thought
> I'd seen a slim book by S.R.Bourne called "The UNIX Shell" or something
> of the sort. However, Google, Bibliofind, etc have turned up nothing;
> has anyone seen this, or is my memory at fault once more?
Are you possibly thinking of an article that appeared in the 1978 Bell System
Technical Journal?
>From the bibliography in "The UNIX System":
Bourne, S. R. 1978. "UNIX Time-Sharing System: The UNIX Shell". Bell Sys.
Tech. J. 57(6) 1971-90.
The issues of BSTJ that I have seen could be described as slim books - roughly
A5 paperback, around 200 pages.
This article is supposed to have also appeared in Volume 2 of the UNIX
Programmer's Manual - which would imply that it is the same as "An Introduction
to the UNIX Shell" (which is what my 7th Ed Manual contains).
Andrew.
Hi Paul,
I have seen in the tuhs list, that You are going to upload 4.2.10 sources .
Can You tell me , where did You get if from ?
Or You mean sources of 4.2.14 once available at demon or mayn ?
Or Did You get it from MWC ?
Regards
Andrzej
P.S It does not mean I am interested . I have authoried sources of 4.2.10.
> From: Jerry Peek <jpeek(a)jpeek.com>
> To: tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org
> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:50:21 -0700
> Subject: [TUHS] Mention TUHS in Linux Magazine (US)?
> Hi everyone. I'm a short-time UNIX user (I started in 1981 :)
> and also a columnist for Linux Magazine (in the US: not the UK
> flavour). I just came across TUHS while I was searching for a
> V7 cp(1) manpage. (I found it, BTW, via Warren Toomey's page
> http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/projects/Ancient_Unix/Documentation/PUPS/manpag….)
>
> I'm writing a series of columns on "What's GNU in Old Utilities".
> It describes new features of GNU utilities like cat(1) and
> contrasts them to "how we used to do it." I'd like to mention
> TUHS in the third column, which should be out in August. It
> seems that TUHS is alive and well. If any of you have comments
> or complaints about that idea, though, would you please let me
> know before May 1 -- which is when the column is due? Thanks.
More power to you. Just keep a sharp eye out for things that
are touted as "new improved GNU features" that have been around
since the days of 6th Edition or 7th Edition Unix.
carl
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenst(a)ucsd.edu
