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From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: arnold@skeeve.com
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org, groff@gnu.org, douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu
Subject: [TUHS] Re: [TUHS, groff] 1981 edition of AT&T Nroff/Troff User's Manual
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 10:50:12 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2ONuos-3mAtZSEZHuNo2STbosT9gOdYr+tQ3VSPZEb2Dw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202206061401.256E15W6022094@freefriends.org>

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Well thank you both!!!
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 10:01 AM <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:

> Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>
> > >
> https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/Unix_4.0/Volume_1/C.1.2_NROFF_TROFF_Users_Manual.pdf
> >
> > Since PDF didn't exist in 1981, the document is either a scan or the
> > result of a recent *roff run on ancient source. If it was made from
> > source, it's an impressive testimonial to the longevity and stability
> > of troff. Most probably it's a scan, in which case we owe many thanks
> > to the public-spirited person who digitized this trove. Was it you,
> > Arnold?
> >
> > Doug
>
> It's a scan of photocpies I made from original printed documentation.
> Matt Gilmore did the scanning; I had the paper on my shelf for ~ 40 years.
>
> It was set on an Autologic APS-5, as one can see on the second page
> of the table of contents file.
>
> Arnold
>

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      reply	other threads:[~2022-06-06 14:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-06 13:27 Douglas McIlroy
2022-06-06 14:01 ` arnold
2022-06-06 14:50   ` Clem Cole [this message]

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