[TUHS] Photo of old Unix manuals

Arnold Robbins via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Wed Jan 7 18:48:57 AEST 2026


Hi Doug.

Douglas McIlroy via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Sorry, I thought the referenced attachment would be replaced
> by a link to a saved copy as happens with some attachments,
> but it turns out to exceed the tuhs size limit. it's now at
> https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/UnixManuals.jpg.
> In case anyone is wondering, the only printed form of v10 was
> the trade binding. Only v6, v7 (non-trade), and v10 included
> extra volumes of companion documents.
>
> Doug.

Are there any manuals that you have that have not been
scanned? v2? v3?

The trade pub V7 was in a local bookstore for a while, but expensive.
I'm sorry now that I didn't buy it.

Courtesy of BWK I have a V8 manual, and I bought a V9 manual from Bell
Labs sometime in the early 90s. I remember you sending me an email that
you had to check if you could sell one to me. It was like $50.  I bought
the V10 manuals when they came out, and I also have the published Plan
9 manuals.  :-)

Arnold


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