University of Wisconsin's hacked 4.3BSD

University of Wisconsin's hacked 4.3BSD

[Michael Sokolov]

Dear PUPS/TUHS members,

I have just uploaded the distribution images for the University of Winconsin's
hacked 4.3BSD contributed by James Lothian. You can find them in the
Distributions/4bsd/thirdparty/UWisc4.3 directory in the PUPS archive.

I haven't uploaded James' own changed /usr/src yet, will probably do it later
at night.

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: mxs46 at k2.scl.cwru.edu

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Hi all,
	I recently approached the IEEE Annals of Computing History journal
to see if they would be interested in a paper on our efforts to find and
preserve the old versions of Unix. They said yes, so I was wondering if
anybody might want to be co-author. This is what I suggested:

> I'd like to write an article which describes the efforts to find and
> preserve historical material which is related to UNIX. This includes
> finding tapes, reading them, decoding their formats etc.
> 
> The article would also discuss the mechanisms available for running
> these old UNIX systems: by using old hardware (and the difficulties
> of maintaining such equipment), by using software emulators (and
> possibly a discussion of what they provide).
> 
> In other words, the actual history of UNIX and its influence would not
> be covered, but the `archaeology' and preservation of artifacts from
> the early days of UNIX would be.

Given that there are people on the list who deal with old hardware, reading
ancient tapes, etc., I thought they might like to add some input to the
paper.

I think the paper size is limited to around 25-30 pages, and has be formal
in tone. If anybody has any suggestions as to what should go in (or even
wants to write a section), then I would welcome some email!

Cheers all,
	Warren

P.S I'm giving a similar, but much more informal, paper at a local
conference next month. The paper is at:
http://minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au/Seminars/Saving_Unix/

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From: mxs46@k2.scl.cwru.edu (Michael Sokolov)
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Dear PUPS/TUHS members,

I have just uploaded James Lothian's /usr/src tarball. You can find it in the
Distributions/4bsd/thirdparty/UWisc4.3/James_Lothian_mods directory in the PUPS
archive.

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: mxs46 at k2.scl.cwru.edu