[TUHS] UNIX Reference Card (Was: Vi Quick Reference card for 4.4 BSD)

[Jonathan Gray via TUHS]

Thank you.  I see Warren has also added these to the archive.

https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Cards/

On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 05:24:13PM -0800, Mary Ann Horton via TUHS wrote:
> I had some extra time today, so I went ahead and scanned the Cherry card and
> the Bolsky card.
> 
> The Cherry card is unique in that the pages aren't all the same length. Each
> section has slightly longer pages, with a "tab" heading at the bottom of the
> first page of each section. See the 3rd page of the PDF for the full effect.
> 
> https://stargatemuseum.org/maps/UNIX_Reference_Card_Second_Edition_by_L.L.Cherry.pdf
> 
> https://stargatemuseum.org/maps/UNIX_System_Quick_Guide.pdf
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /Mary Ann Horton/ (she/her/ma'am)
>       Award Winning Author
> maryannhorton.com <https://maryannhorton.com>
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/6/26 17:41, Clem Cole via TUHS wrote:
> > Agreed I’ll try to push doing some scans up onto the TUHS archived a big
> > farther up my ToDo list.
> > 
> > Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM Jonathan Gray via TUHS<tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks, I hadn't considered blank pages.  Of the missing pages in the scan
> > > (4, 6, 18) only page 6 (chgrp to du) is listed in the contents.
> > > 
> > > The reference card is not often discussed, but as far as I can tell there
> > > was
> > > only one edition in 1979.  So it seems likely you have the same one as
> > > Clem.
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 12:07:07PM -0800, Mary Ann Horton via TUHS wrote:
> > > > 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
> > >