[TUHS] Your Most Prized UNIX Artifacts?

[James Frew]

Most prized would definitely be what I *think* are "original" copies of 
the Lions books. I say "think" because they were given to me by John 
Bruno, who I know did time at Murray Hill before he came to UCSB. (Any 
OGs on this list remember him?) The source code has a pink cover and the 
notes has a gold one.

Provenance aside, they're special to me since that's the first deep dive 
I ever took into an operating system. Something like 90% of the lines in 
the source volume have my handwritten notes, documenting a herculean 
attempt to Think Like Ken™

Many of my second-tier U-keepsakes got fobbed off on you lot* when I 
cleared out my office a few years back. Still have the license plate and 
the RTFM wooden coin...

Cheers,
/Frew

*Apologies to those of you who gave me non-US addresses: shipping stuff 
internationally was just too painful and $$$.

On 2025-06-06 11:09 AM, segaloco via TUHS wrote:

> 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.
>
> What do folks have around that you're particularly thrilled to have among your UNIX-y possessions?