[TUHS] Photo of old Unix manuals

Thalia Archibald via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Wed Dec 31 05:25:47 AEST 2025


segaloco wrote:
>> https://imgur.com/a/0XawAnx
>> 
>> First image is V6 (+BTL Lions Commentary), V7, 3.0, 4.1, 5.0 (BTL), and early standards (/usr/group, SVID 1, X/Open, POSIX draft) and SVID 2-based User's Manual.
>> 
>> Second image is 5.0 (WECo), SVR1 (+WWB), 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, and SVR4.
> 
> Covers here: https://imgur.com/a/z59pJjO

Jim Capp wrote:
> http://www2.anteil.com/My_UNIX_Bookshelf.JPG
> The two large volumes are from the Seventh Edition. Volumes 1-5 are from AT&T System V.

Wow you guys have me so jealous. My UNIX shelf is very thin. I’m too young to have built up a collection like this back in the day and whenever I’ve searched for a V7 or earlier manual, I’ve had no success.

Thalia


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