[TUHS] Strange Reference on Usenix_77 tape

[arnold at skeeve.com]

For those of us not involved with Unix in 1977, what was the
HRSTS system?

Thanks,

Arnold
(Who first met Unix in 1980 :-)

Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I was looking at the various Usenix tapes we have in the TUHS archive,
> trying to sort them all out.
>
> In looking at ug091377.tar.gz in Applications/Usenix_77, I found this
> paragraph at the end of its read_me
>
> "     Finally, if we have an executed Harvard License on file  and
>       if  there  is  room  on your tape, the directory "h" contains the
>       newest (July 1977) release of the HRSTS system.  We have also in-
>       cluded the old Toronto release in the directory "t" if it was re-
>       quested from a Toronto licensee."
>
> This tape had the 'h' directory, so I'll be playing around with the HRSTS
> system to see if I can get it booting in TUHS (I didn't know we had this
> til now)...  This tape did not have the 't' directory, however.
>
> What is 'the old Toronoto release'? I've not seen references to it so far
> in the other histories of this early period I've encountered. And does
> anybody have a copy of it?
>
> Warner