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From: arnold@skeeve.com
To: tuhs@tuhs.org, groff@gnu.org, douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu
Subject: [TUHS] Re: [TUHS, groff] 1981 edition of AT&T Nroff/Troff User's Manual
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:01:05 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202206061401.256E15W6022094@freefriends.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKH6PiV3mb+cKBHaQqauMBAOdM-ScBOgyf58tKZzFS6XK7UnHw@mail.gmail.com>

Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> > https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/Unix_4.0/Volume_1/C.1.2_NROFF_TROFF_Users_Manual.pdf
>
> Since PDF didn't exist in 1981, the document is either a scan or the
> result of a recent *roff run on ancient source. If it was made from
> source, it's an impressive testimonial to the longevity and stability
> of troff. Most probably it's a scan, in which case we owe many thanks
> to the public-spirited person who digitized this trove. Was it you,
> Arnold?
>
> Doug

It's a scan of photocpies I made from original printed documentation.
Matt Gilmore did the scanning; I had the paper on my shelf for ~ 40 years.

It was set on an Autologic APS-5, as one can see on the second page
of the table of contents file.

Arnold

  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-06 14:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-06 13:27 Douglas McIlroy
2022-06-06 14:01 ` arnold [this message]
2022-06-06 14:50   ` Clem Cole

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