From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey)
Subject: [TUHS] V7 Addendem
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:07:36 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171206010736.GA16514@minnie.tuhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfriskLDQLXCmB5N5dK_f3X4Q_FLVrBgZCToSBTebAOFNg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 05:33:02PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> From the tuhs web site:
> "This is a set of addenda to Seventh Edition Unix, possibly put out by
> the Labs."
> and
> "The identity of the person who donated them is unknown."
> Two questions: Was this put out by the Labs?
> Second: There was recently a discussion about a tape found at some
> public location during an early Unix user group meeting. Is this that
> tape?
> Warner
No. I had to search my own archives. From this list in 2002:
The mythical `50 bugs' tape, described in Peter Salus' book `A Quarter
Century of UNIX' has been found lurking in the Unix Archive. You can
find it in Applications/Spencer_Tapes/unsw3.tar.gz as the file
usr/sys/v6unix/unix_changes.
And here is the relevant paragraphs from QCU:
Lou Katz’s version is a bit different:
A large number of bug fixes was collected, and rather than
issue them one at a time, a collection tape (”The 50 fixes”)
was put together by Ken. Some of the fixes were quite important,
though I don't remember any in particular. I suspect
that a significant fraction of the fixes were actually done by
non-Bell people. Ken tried to send it out, but the lawyers kept
stalling and stalling and stalling.
Finally, in complete disgust, someone "found a tape on
Mountain Avenue” which had the fixes. [The address of Bell
Labs is 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ.]
When the lawyers found out about it, they called every
licensee and threatened them with dire consequences if they
didn’t destroy the tape, after trying to find out how they got
the tape. I would guess that no one would actually tell them
how they came by the tape (I didn’t).
Cheers, Warren
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-06 0:33 Warner Losh
2017-12-06 1:07 ` Warren Toomey [this message]
2017-12-06 16:11 ` Random832
2017-12-06 16:15 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-12-06 18:39 ` Clem Cole
2017-12-06 18:49 ` [TUHS] V7 Addendem [ really lawyers and AT&T consent decree ] Jon Steinhart
2017-12-06 18:53 ` Warner Losh
2017-12-06 18:58 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-12-06 18:54 ` Clem Cole
2017-12-06 19:20 ` William Pechter
2017-12-07 14:26 ` Ron Natalie
2017-12-06 19:23 ` William Corcoran
2017-12-06 20:30 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-12-06 23:59 ` George Michaelson
2017-12-07 14:03 ` Ron Natalie
2017-12-07 15:34 ` William Corcoran
2017-12-07 5:08 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-12-07 15:09 ` Larry McVoy
2017-12-11 18:17 ` Paul Winalski
2017-12-11 18:39 ` Clem Cole
2017-12-12 0:27 ` Steve Johnson
2017-12-12 1:05 ` [TUHS] V7 Addendem [ really lawyers and AT&T consent decree ] [ and besides it's "Addendum" ] Jon Steinhart
2017-12-12 1:45 ` [TUHS] MERT? Larry McVoy
2017-12-12 2:09 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-12-13 17:09 ` [TUHS] V7 Addendem [ really lawyers and AT&T consent decree ] Jason Stevens
2017-12-13 17:05 ` Jason Stevens
2017-12-11 20:11 ` William Cheswick
2017-12-11 23:26 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-12-06 13:36 [TUHS] V7 Addendem Doug McIlroy
2017-12-06 14:29 ` Clem Cole
2017-12-06 14:45 ` Clem Cole
2017-12-07 18:03 Noel Chiappa
2017-12-07 18:38 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-12-08 13:01 Noel Chiappa
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