[TUHS] Perfect Binding Spotted on Odd System V 1982 Manual

[ron minnich via TUHS]

there is a funny thing if you can find manuals ca 1984, when the great bell
system breakup occurred.

Manuals I got around that time from ATT had a sticker over the Bell System
logo. Evidently as part of the
final breakup, ATT lost the right to use the logo; that went with the seven
baby bells. The manuals
were either printed before the decision came down, and had to be
retrofitted; or were delivered from stock, requiring the coverup.

ron

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 11:07 PM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Spotted and purchased this interesting manual on eBay this evening:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/406711470034
>
> This is a UNIX System V User's Manual, or so the cover says.  The cover
> page inside then says Release 5.0 and June 1982, but no notice about
> internal use only.  There is no Western Electric logotype at all on the
> front cover, whereas other covers I've seen have retained the text but
> dropped the Bell System logo due to divestiture.
>
> All in all this has properties between that of the June 1982 and January
> 1983 manuals, and furthermore the perfect binding is odd.  In any case,
> when received I'll flip through to see if there are any major
> differences worth noting.  If nothing else, this shows that there may be
> other manuals from the initial release floating around out there in
> different binding formats.
>
> - Matt G.
>