From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31477 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2022 04:24:07 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Sep 2022 04:24:07 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF4940E47; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:23:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C08A40E3D for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:23:25 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 28F4NBiZ015513 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 14 Sep 2022 22:23:12 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 28F4NBSg015512; Wed, 14 Sep 2022 22:23:11 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202209150423.28F4NBSg015512@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 22:23:11 -0600 To: lyndon@orthanc.ca, clemc@ccc.com References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID-Hash: JZIO27PLZS2S4I7Z7YYYCML3V25DJTGJ X-Message-ID-Hash: JZIO27PLZS2S4I7Z7YYYCML3V25DJTGJ X-MailFrom: arnold@skeeve.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: The USL Toolchest from the 80s and 90s List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)" wrote: > Clem Cole writes: > > --000000000000a07c7c05e831d57d > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Mike Haertel's quest for the 5620 tools got me thinking. Does anyone > > know of an archive of the USL Toolchest at large? > [...] > > IIRC the final > > edition of PCC2 was released as part of it. > > And wasn't there a version of rogue lurking there as well? I have > memories of sneaking that past Accounting on an invoice that included > a couple of other, more legit, things we downloaded. > > --lyndon "new" awk was available there, as was Chris Ramming's awkcc, and ksh88. The awk book from 1987 has instructions and the phone number for logging into the toolchest. IIRC you set up a UUCP account in order to get the software transferred. I think Emacs for Unix (not GNU Emacs) was also available. I don't remember too much more. Arnold