[TUHS] UINX Program Description: For V6 Unix.

David Barto via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Sat Jan 3 04:39:41 AEST 2026


May I suggest that the following is a good read for V6 internals. Without source, and a well written description of functions.

	David

https://archive.org/details/unix_program_description_jan_1976/page/n5/mode/2up
UNIX Program Description : Bell Telephone Laboratiories, Incorporated : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
archive.org


> On Jan 2, 2026, at 1:14 AM, Jonathan Gray via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 10:38:37PM +0000, Thalia Archibald via TUHS wrote:
>> On Dec 28, 2025, at 14:12, segaloco via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
>>> First image is V6 (+BTL Lions Commentary)
>> 
>> I thought that Lions’ Commentary wasn’t distributed after BTL took over distribution?
>> Do you know whether there’s a scan of that version anywhere?
>> 
>> The BTL takeover was announced in the March 1978 issue of ;login:.
>>    https://archive.org/details/login_march-1978/page/n1/mode/1up
>> 
>> Thalia
> 
> Licensees were allowed to have one copy from BTL.
> 
> https://archive.org/details/login_nov84_issue/page/n25/mode/1up
> https://www.tuhs.org/Usenet/comp.unix.wizards/1981-June/000459.html
> https://www.tuhs.org/Usenet/comp.unix.wizards/1986-January/015591.html



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