From: toby@telegraphics.com.au (Toby Thain)
Subject: [TUHS] Bell Labs Computer Science Technical Reports
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:31:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <960d98eb-3752-42e7-6071-335d439a9d94@telegraphics.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170321225514.GO7783@mcvoy.com>
On 2017-03-21 6:55 PM, Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 06:29:50AM +1000, Warren Toomey wrote:
>>> However, I'm wondering whether we should/could do something to also archive
>>> the actual pages of all the Bell Labs Computer Science Technical Reports. I
>>> think some are the only authoritative primary source for many Unix-related
>>> gems and a lack of an electronic archive means they will slowly fade into
>>> non-existence. I remember we had many of those at the library of Imperial
>>> College London. Any suggestions on what we can do to archive this material?
>>
>> I've got the Unix-related BSTJ articles at
>> http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Papers/BSTJ/
>
> As a troff fan, I'd *love* to see the original sources. I bet anything
> they roff just fine today.
>
As somebody who's brushed against software and markups and
reproducibility of its combinations, that's a bet I'd very happily be on
the other side of.
--T
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-21 17:38 Diomidis Spinellis
2017-03-21 20:29 ` Warren Toomey
2017-03-21 22:55 ` Larry McVoy
2017-03-22 1:31 ` Toby Thain [this message]
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