[TUHS] UNIX Reference Card (Was: Vi Quick Reference card for 4.4 BSD)
Mary Ann Horton via TUHS
tuhs at tuhs.org
Mon Jan 5 06:07:07 AEST 2026
I also have a copy of Cherry's booklet (spiral bound, 1979) in my
collection.
Comparing it with the incompete chilton scan, it's only missing pages 4
and 22. The other missing pages are blank.
I gather this is the same one Clem has? If not, let me know and I'll
scan it.
Thanks,
/Mary Ann Horton/ (she/her/ma'am)
Award Winning Author
maryannhorton.com <https://maryannhorton.com>
On 1/3/26 20:41, Jonathan Gray via TUHS wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 10:32:25AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
>> Also, while looking for the vi cards, I turned up two wonderful artifacts
>> that I'll try to get scanned and added to TUHS at some point. When you
>> purchased V7 from AT&T, you got one copy of the printed docs and a small
>> "purple/red" 9"x3.5" flip-binding reference card that Lorinda Cherry
>> compiled. Also, when DEC released V7M-11, they printed a small flip-binding
>> 8"x4" reference called the "programmers guide" [AA-X7978-1C]—which is
>> similar but different.
> Was the first edition also distributed to V6 licensees?
>
> --
>
> UNIX Reference Card - First Edition
> L. L. Cherry
> September, 1975
> A handy guide to UNIX commands and syntax.
>
> mentioned in:
> tuhs Distributions/Research/Dan_Cross_v10/v10src.tar.bz2
> v10/doc/bibliog.a unpm-docs
>
> --
>
> UNIX Reference Card
> distributed by
> Computing Information Service
> BELL LABORATORIES
> Murray Hill, N. J. 07974
> compiled by Lorinda Cherry
> Second Edition, March 1979
>
> incomplete scan, some pages missing:
> http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/pdfs/idus/idus00.pdf
> viahttp://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/notes/unix_notes_1_19.htm
>
> CHM has a copy, not currently scanned
> https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102632799/
>
> spiral bound
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/n1kdo/53136436051
> comb bound
> https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bell-laboratories-unix-memorabilia-3759802979
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