From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Huntsman To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 23:11:05 +0000 Message-ID: References: , <870577EB-C597-4887-9979-A2F6058FFAB1@quintile.net> In-Reply-To: <870577EB-C597-4887-9979-A2F6058FFAB1@quintile.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_MWHPR03MB2573B2828A41B1FDCEB1CB3CE4F00MWHPR03MB2573namp_" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [9fans] software archaeology Topicbox-Message-UUID: cdb42e04-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --_000_MWHPR03MB2573B2828A41B1FDCEB1CB3CE4F00MWHPR03MB2573namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not bad, not bad... now what aren't you willing to admit to? :) haha I also have two different copies of the 3rd Edition plan9.9gz, one from 200= 0 and one from 2001, plus a handful of patch 9gz files, and one floppy imag= e that I can't get to boot. I have printed 3rd Edition manuals but Charles= was out of boxed sets by the time I tried to make a purchase. I'm happy to share all the 3rd Edition stuff I have, but I was really hopin= g that a different variation of the 3rd Edition boot floppy would shake out= from this. However, thanks for looking! Also, what's on your 3rd Edition CD? Is it bootable, or is it just the pla= n9.9gz burned onto a disc? Thanks much! -Ben ________________________________ From: 9fans-bounces@9fans.net <9fans-bounces@9fans.net> on behalf of Steve = Simon Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 2:59 PM To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs Subject: Re: [9fans] software archaeology ok, i spike too soon what i have (and am willing to admit to :-): ed 2 cd and floppy set ed 3 cd, box and manuals - i don=92t believe there was a 3rd floppy, perhap= s Charles can confirm? there was a demo floppy for the 1st and 2nd edition. i had the demo for the= 1st but can no longer find it. SL has the 2nd ed demo floppy available on his site: http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/1995/ 1995 - plan9.stanleylieber.com plan9.stanleylieber.com 1995. A few years ago I stumbled across this Plan 9 press kit from 1995 on = eBay. p95.flp - floppy disk image. pcdist.tgz - four disk floppy set from P= lan 9 website ... he also had the 2nd ed floppy images. -Steve On 9 Feb 2018, at 16:40, Joseph Stewart > wrote: If a 3-1/2" USB floppy drive would make this easier, I have one sitting unu= sed in a box and will gladly send to you on my own dime without any strings= attached. -joe On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Steve Simon > wrote: hi, i have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ed floppies, a bigger problem will be to find a fl= oppy drive... i will try and generate some images. -Steve On 5 Feb 2018, at 04:24, Benjamin Huntsman > wrote: Bizarre and random question, but anyone still have any of the original 3rd = Edition floppy images around? Also, anyone remember, did the web-based floppy builder from back in the da= y actually do anything other than tweak the plan9.ini? Thanks! --_000_MWHPR03MB2573B2828A41B1FDCEB1CB3CE4F00MWHPR03MB2573namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Not bad, not bad... now what aren= 't you willing to admit to? :)  haha


I also have two different copies = of the 3rd Edition plan9.9gz, one from 2000 and one from 2001, plus a handf= ul of patch 9gz files, and one floppy image that I can't get to boot.  = ;I have printed 3rd Edition manuals but Charles was out of boxed sets by the time I tried to make a purchase.


I'm happy to share all the 3rd Ed= ition stuff I have, but I was really hoping that a different variation of t= he 3rd Edition boot floppy would shake out from this.  However, thanks= for looking!


Also, what's on your 3rd Edition = CD?  Is it bootable, or is it just the plan9.9gz burned onto a disc?


Thanks much!

-Ben


From: 9fans-bounces@9fans.n= et <9fans-bounces@9fans.net> on behalf of Steve Simon <steve@quint= ile.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 2:59 PM
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Subject: Re: [9fans] software archaeology
 
ok, i spike too soon

what i have (and am willing to admit to :-):

ed 2 cd and floppy set
ed 3 cd, box and manuals - i don=92t believe there was a 3rd floppy, p= erhaps Charles can confirm?

there was a demo floppy for the 1st and 2nd edition. i had the demo fo= r the 1st but can no longer find it.

SL has the 2nd ed demo floppy available on his site:
plan9.stanleylieber.com
1995. A few years ago I stumbled across this Plan 9 press kit from 1995 on = eBay. p95.flp - floppy disk image. pcdist.tgz - four disk floppy set from P= lan 9 website ...


he also had the 2nd ed floppy images.

-Steve


On 9 Feb 2018, at 16:40, Joseph Stewart <joseph.stewart@gmail.com> wrote:

If a 3-1/2" USB floppy drive would make this easier, = I have one sitting unused in a box and will gladly send to you on my own di= me without any strings attached.
-joe

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Steve Simon <= span dir=3D"ltr"> <steve@quintile.= net> wrote:
hi,

i have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ed floppies, a bigger problem will be to find= a floppy drive... 

i will try and generate some images.

-Steve



On 5 Feb 2018, at 04:24, Benjamin Huntsman <BHuntsman@mail2.cu-portland.e= du> wrote:

Bizarre and random question, but= anyone still have any of the original 3rd Edition floppy images aroun= d?


Also, anyone remember, did = the web-based floppy builder from back in the day actually do anything othe= r than tweak the plan9.ini?


Thanks!



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