From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id fa28297a for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 03:17:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C548F94EDF; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:17:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A362C945F5; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:16:54 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="RmkssYur"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DE61E945F5; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:16:53 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 520 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:16:53 AEST Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (pb-sasl1.pobox.com [64.147.108.66]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C58E94107 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:16:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA9E110750; Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:08:12 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=content-type :mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; s=sasl; bh= DoCyw5WuHrv1WiF4BVTcU2jgfCQ=; b=RmkssYuroWzoNosN997ans7Kw1Wfn8Fa ufgvulOucRweJI9ClgVhpixynuXr7KpUweB/HJmWjWz8nU7H1oihOXHeGCdLwHpG Sh6qvNnGSsbdMXztRHtyJHGG+HdRHBMlvwOX3XseeJHEapC1Z/BymD5LiIVz8czu +9hsgTJuDj0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=content-type :mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; q=dns; s= sasl; b=SyERvd3KahCHahmvVDEoHdOQgfJ8VeFj9Z6CwWzTFkbrZf92P2c7r1aE 4wGiiVnTD9e+ck/nbIbys9TRuEA79Kqqxfb2zVKWwsmksGNAlOr6wMkrllH/QFJg oZw6Pm/IR3JyU3KPYNmfgYCz96tnK8XGbUUXADnUTmdZdpahSlY= Received: from pb-sasl1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52FFC11074F; Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:08:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from davids-laptop.lan (unknown [58.173.239.126]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CFA1211074E; Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:08:08 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.0 \(3445.100.39\)) From: David Arnold In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:08:03 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0F9F50D5-8595-442C-B4F1-68AE3B6F373A@pobox.com> References: To: Al Kossow X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.100.39) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 7BEBEDD0-0404-11E9-8F11-6E125F1924B7-29049682!pb-sasl1.pobox.com Subject: Re: [TUHS] Mt Xinu manual scanning finished X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > On 20 Dec 2018, at 12:46, Al Kossow wrote: >=20 > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu The first =E2=80=9Cunix=E2=80=9D that I had serious amounts of time on = was Minix 1.something (1.3, maybe?). This was about 1988, I think. = There was a HP-UX machine (I think an HP-9000) at my university (QUT) = that I had an account on, but it was busy, and hard to get a terminal, = and I didn=E2=80=99t have dialup access as a lowly undergrad. So I got a hold of a stack of floppies, wiped my MS-DOS install, and = built myself a Minix system on my i286 PC. In flicking through the Mt Xinu manuals, I=E2=80=99m struck by the fact = that my knowledge of basic Unix utilities is, to this day, largely = limited to what was in Minix. jot, rs, various others are foreign to me = =E2=80=94 and they=E2=80=99re the ones not in Minix v1. I seem to recall spending many, many hours poring over man pages, = reading the docs cover to cover, as I explored the system. I guess I should read these now =E2=80=A6 :-) Thanks Al, d