From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id e6acb487 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:02:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2C02B9BB85; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:02:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8B619BAD9; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:01:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4952E93D33; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:01:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f51.google.com (mail-wr1-f51.google.com [209.85.221.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73A6A93D2B for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:01:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f51.google.com with SMTP id f2so19091050wrs.11 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 08:01:56 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=2Ph79jEp8RMmiEOFtISw2IaJ0w8H9gOBR9DkpwYa8ws=; b=evBdxeWpI1lAP86CX2SZvJ2WoOUryYfYtldDWhn7fRjDJ1mP6/b+krjPvclrDr4aEA OSOFtH3ZRXe+0BMHi9TNeU23LOE0zG3aCbNwBmE8SovCheGemMvGvf88EyampRC/TRLE eC8rCZXVifldlPZXv5Lj9VpokukktkmZ7qUrA6orALK7UIXJ+OsYNFD6giteqQxUrSRw 7GLCw9Qq0Oz98O6p6Y4hHs2X9+m6opIvPgLn7zDcuQ6HDcj+2uybNIdQ/OAPKqxYsEtc 5DDvw+1NStJfw0NMj4HcrfGuNJYV6o9Nipc2ObjTktlqgZM5OAl/kRBaVOcwE0nEu1WY bdFg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX+ci7WVIgilZlmcjLQstKSFCqpjEhRFSJ8JEpChelfQQwLz3lb ke7+bbMIXBziCJsWNfkxUd+8wCsV X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwikIg55O7bL3zmLEAnMPV/Rw/0V+UO8uYZJefQrTaS5k0vpls7i8VggoAfqAunBF8V//rBog== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4247:: with SMTP id s7mr12385635wrr.381.1573574514752; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 08:01:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhea.home.vuxu.org ([2001:920:1998:b54:35fc:a20f:1b22:9bb7]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v128sm6600821wmb.14.2019.11.12.08.01.53 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 12 Nov 2019 08:01:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (rhea.home.vuxu.org [local]) by rhea.home.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 9319eff3; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:01:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Leah Neukirchen To: Dennis Boone References: <201911112110.xABLAQfW004396@skeeve.com> <20191111221838.E763B29760E@yagi.h-net.msu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:01:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20191111221838.E763B29760E@yagi.h-net.msu.edu> (Dennis Boone's message of "Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:18:38 -0500") Message-ID: <87woc513tc.fsf@vuxu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [TUHS] History of m6? 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@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Dennis Boone writes: > > Looking at the V3 and V4 manuals, there is a reference to the m6 > > macro processor. The man page thereof refers to > > > A. D. Hall, The M6 Macroprocessor, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1969 > > > 1. Is this memo available, even in hardcopy that could be scanned? > > Amen - the cited document, CSTR #2 seems to be hard to find. Indeed, it took a bit to find: https://plan9.io/cm/cs/cstr/2.pdf (Also it's not on archive.org for the original bell-labs.com domain; it would be nice to have it officially archived.) Best, -- Leah Neukirchen https://leahneukirchen.org/