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List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: when it matters, i was a part of the OAS team. i was technical lead, = cathie brooks was our supervisor, and i can=E2=80=99t really remember the other folks. i wrote ef. it was = not my proudest programming achievement. but denis ritchie helped me out by being a test user. andrew > On Dec 8, 2022, at 12:24 PM, segaloco via TUHS wrote: >=20 > Good day all, this may be COFF instead, but I'm not joined over there = yet, might need some Warren help/approval. >=20 > In any case, received that 3B20S 4.1 manual in good shape, unpacked = it, and out fell a little tri-fold titled "The Office Automation System = (OAS) Editor-Formatter (ef) Reference Card" emblazoned with the usual = Bell Laboratories, non-disclosure note abut the Bell System, and a nice = little picture of a terminal I can't identify as well as the full manual = for this OAS leaning against it: "The Office Automation System (OAS)" = with a nice big Bell logo at the bottom of the spine. >=20 > The latter is likely a manual I spotted in a video once and couldn't = make out the name/title at the time, thought I was seeing another = long-lost UNIX manual. I've never heard of this before, and Google = isn't turning up much as Office Automation System appears to be a = general industry term. >=20 > I seem to recall hearing about ef itself once or twice, some sort of = pre-vi screen editor from Bell methinks? Not super familiar with it = though, I just seem to recall reading about that before somewhere. >=20 > Anywho, dealing with a move in the near future that is hopefully into = a home I own, so pretty distracted from that scanning I keep talking = about, but hopefully when I'm settled in in a few months I can setup a = proper scan bench in my new place and really go to town on things. >=20 > - Matt G.