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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14593 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2022 05:13:51 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jun 2022 05:13:51 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804D140D35; Sat, 18 Jun 2022 15:13:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-x532.google.com (mail-pg1-x532.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::532]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1EDB40D31 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2022 15:13:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-x532.google.com with SMTP id 184so5648306pga.12 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2022 22:13:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Ezwp6qPPITl1AYY4TDYRiUpqdykkZT/v5QgT4JZfxSA=; b=jAiO/rJ2Xs66pxSRY2Y61TYFVByjrZPYKreYdO/jqqk68j1xmAdblrlQwoTAEbUSFU oqvkEMhKoiRdyOIXw6IbQ3xK84fU/63ZFcrggeYLA8RIQOVq69CecpWeGTwnilFtCSN7 YTWDPqt7/4Yn+4UIOzmOF2Lpl6nT4UcUX7VwisuWHTZZMXoIOx3hVItnXtMITFQM61ic ih46gdMO8m6m9+spWFaopkySa7UdxYt84z6n4k1MlFH6EGsiQZzbW7fOg+/d8IR0JWVx 9Ly8r4CfRb/Y1rCt0/Z0Wb3Ra00XorgrcyPEsBPx8jRGU8uPHV1/8ArAAsXMSXJXgfgV 5LBQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Ezwp6qPPITl1AYY4TDYRiUpqdykkZT/v5QgT4JZfxSA=; b=ILO+VVrXe38sK+DDzumJju89d3REShY+B3j1nRtDgU5JVLnf9wzkdv73+59om7tlHK V7IroQ41/ztnq/FWgxNjHdFFkJlvrO4plYaKAn90FDhL8Hg+qrh/Bnlr+kjzz3m0P+Wg hgp/A7BSGNizF3F5JBE0UEWu6EbenIi99nGc6e4u+jmYdxbMIwqabNQGzjrvZYz9GTh5 iZJLA5FcQg6VReIfV/Uas+V50tYmqYE9C6WrkNybubcEEyMdweVVtCEI5cRgMmXVLrcS v0hB7XBCpMAG7FfJrj1zoCpdQcg0oUoQgagUPewVWIqOIbgqWXEYnpl/wXpgxN+j5Lyc iRNw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+iAi1keCSgt/40QqLEk9thFg2Pbm0fDxrbVgUewCfN6JZy/rby qfuaqjlp/ZG38i8lHEC7bO2sHL8OPvw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1smCAQCvNiQlqGeWofstr1IeZxrwZStR5NyYKtxsx7ZVfjLrD1vxbthcyxTiAUg27BUSqJLRA== X-Received: by 2002:a65:4689:0:b0:3fd:c5b6:4064 with SMTP id h9-20020a654689000000b003fdc5b64064mr11798471pgr.208.1655529222036; Fri, 17 Jun 2022 22:13:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpclient.apple (ip68-2-246-115.ph.ph.cox.net. [68.2.246.115]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q1-20020a170902a3c100b0016901e568edsm4433647plb.118.2022.06.17.22.13.41 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 17 Jun 2022 22:13:41 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3696.100.31\)) From: Adam Thornton In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 22:13:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <33F19BA1-6F43-4B0A-AC9F-D57FBB30675E@gmail.com> References: To: Kevin Bowling X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3696.100.31) Message-ID-Hash: NE4OQW7R7VSLMM37ESWZWFYTG2QFB2B6 X-Message-ID-Hash: NE4OQW7R7VSLMM37ESWZWFYTG2QFB2B6 X-MailFrom: athornton@gmail.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: Douglas McIlroy , TUHS main list X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: forgotten versions List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Could users outside Bell Labs actually get their hands on post-v7 = Research Unixes? It was always my impression that The Thing You Could Get =46rom The = Phone Company, after v7, was System III or System V. Obviously it's not = surprising that Research Unix features from later versions ended up in = SysV, but did anyone actually learn about them from v8-v10, or just by = way of SysV ? Was there some (legal) mechanism for the post-v7 Unixes to get out into = people's hands? Adam=