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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_16,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3605 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2022 16:58:49 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jun 2022 16:58:49 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FCC40D2A; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 02:58:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-x431.google.com (mail-wr1-x431.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::431]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08A5140D27 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2022 02:58:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-x431.google.com with SMTP id g4so9302512wrh.11 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:58:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=u3f9amkHVMsE8nKcPH7X1HzuTPHTsgWHCJc0fz2bMPc=; b=NjUCCBYYPRoIZ16JHpkAaGBK+3tlsGCtQq5WtnRTUnyiv4qAz7iiAC1vPga8ixoL7I 1SQADYnYVrxiyHR7Sdc4+QCOB4msEhwnEG9MWsR/DM3Vjih058SfAPQ2HVl2X5QJ5MNm ErY7dLUcK6t5GBlyV6PiJefLChSYYjgwr6lK8= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=u3f9amkHVMsE8nKcPH7X1HzuTPHTsgWHCJc0fz2bMPc=; b=bTU6+18efJBjVmF0q46YYifCL/MsG2oA8f0crhfl77ltyhdjrgyauHLHG6reA0ePxF lE/6ndu/u0ula6qmE6VPLsaAcCIXUPg++BDouQ68D9OlEH++jV374JzohSOHE6kt6I3y U1RjUsvCAVFYTVS0Om18weqV7cwizR85UBjv+2uFE3A1/K5mlc9rL04m2J2WKk/X6zrF ZVtwXIa2A1GEBtTc860th1JwjBWnKjE4anIMHzlt+QarYrThSq3dqBAXNq9Plr+zdErA LzsKACy5JAu4GqpttKdRlLc9sjnh14pD/nY8atLxLZmWy3xktWgq3Ps0Vh1zNPkSZ3o6 oUfA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora8e24LgYefGLtPDx4eQZY9WuZVFS0tZtJOtTzWUcerMJaQIIzX4 K7rHJixolXy1xRSr0020x8OZt/V+Orj9joK7SWnsKw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1s3Lllu5itg2AcfCLmbZHiMAsbAGTTMlEiiuzWPm/QyMv37/1efs1ARpPkrBtT2sNIo7JJXh0djY68CpakvU9o= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:1f09:b0:21a:5f3:316a with SMTP id bv9-20020a0560001f0900b0021a05f3316amr14903355wrb.682.1655571511177; Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:58:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <33F19BA1-6F43-4B0A-AC9F-D57FBB30675E@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <33F19BA1-6F43-4B0A-AC9F-D57FBB30675E@gmail.com> From: Clem Cole Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 12:58:02 -0400 Message-ID: To: Adam Thornton Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d307c005e1bbc765" Message-ID-Hash: F6OB2MBXGLYEZHRNGNVTE5OSDEZIZXQ6 X-Message-ID-Hash: F6OB2MBXGLYEZHRNGNVTE5OSDEZIZXQ6 X-MailFrom: clemc@ccc.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: --000000000000d307c005e1bbc765 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable TUHS Source Archive BTL Research Distributions you should find them all. =E1=90=A7 On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 1:13 AM Adam Thornton wrote: > Could users outside Bell Labs actually get their hands on post-v7 Researc= h > Unixes? > > It was always my impression that The Thing You Could Get From 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 wa= y > of SysV ? > > Was there some (legal) mechanism for the post-v7 Unixes to get out into > people's hands? > > Adam --000000000000d307c005e1bbc765 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
TU= HS Source Archive BTL Research Distributions you should find them all.<= br>
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 1:13 AM Adam Thor= nton <athornton@gmail.com>= wrote:
Could us= ers outside Bell Labs actually get their hands on post-v7 Research Unixes?<= br>
It was always my impression that The Thing You Could Get From The Phone Com= pany, after v7, was System III or System V.=C2=A0 Obviously it's not su= rprising 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 Sys= V ?

Was there some (legal) mechanism for the post-v7 Unixes to get out into peo= ple's hands?

Adam
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