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 8572 invoked from network); 11 Apr 2020 15:25:57 -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; 11 Apr 2020 15:25:57 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5CBB79C1BA; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 01:25:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C60B9448A; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 01:25:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A59449448A; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 01:25:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from oclsc.com (oclsc.com [206.248.137.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27F1994489 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 01:25:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by lignose.oclsc.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5CB384422F; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:24:03 -0400 (EDT) To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-Id: <20200411152403.5CB384422F@lignose.oclsc.org> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:24:03 -0400 (EDT) From: norman@oclsc.org (Norman Wilson) Subject: Re: [TUHS] V8, V9 and V10 now in the "Unix Tree" 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Doug McIlroy: The v8 manual was printed in 1985, but the system was not "released" in the ordinary sense until a couple of years ago. Some v8 features made it out into the world via USG; some were described in open literature or Usenix presentations, but I believe none were formally shipped out of the company. I'm surprised; I thought copies of the V8 manual existed when I arrived at the Labs in mid-1984, but the date on the title page is indeed February 1985. There was no general release of V8 like those for earlier Research systems, but there was a quasi-official V8 tape sent to a handful of universities under a special letter agreement. I remember working on that with Dennis, checking that everything compiled and worked properly in a chroot environment before the tape was written. I think that happened in the summer of 1985. I don't remember our doing that work, to make a single coherent consistency-checked release tape, for any subsequent system; just one-off caveat-emptor snapshots. Norman Wilson Toronto ON