From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 13289 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2020 00:08:45 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 6 Apr 2020 00:08:45 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2F3A694487; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:08:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC5494484; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:08:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AC9BF94484; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:08:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B6E794482 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:08:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id E2A6C35E0AF; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:08:14 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Ronald Natalie Message-ID: <20200406000814.GH25105@mcvoy.com> References: <1jKkMQ-2hN-00@marmaro.de> <854f7b58-9ba0-476f-a7e6-8579f4a8048d@localhost> <1jKlvG-4JB-00@marmaro.de> <3A36FF0A-7617-4B26-B4F3-FC183BF9A7FC@ronnatalie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3A36FF0A-7617-4B26-B4F3-FC183BF9A7FC@ronnatalie.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] First book on Unix for general readership 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" Do the Bell Labs technical journals count? I have a collection of Unix papers that were puled out and published together in two volumes. That stuff was a gold mine of information in the 80's. On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 07:57:55PM -0400, Ronald Natalie wrote: > The Lions book wasn???t really published back in the day. It was only targetted at his students in Australia (though copies leaked out). > > The manuals aren???t really a book (and again, they weren???t really published as a book) and most of the prose on UNIX was more in the form of articles than an entire book. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm