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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2239 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2024 13:42:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Jan 2024 13:42:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFAF43F77; Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:42:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-x732.google.com (mail-qk1-x732.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::732]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 368FC43F76 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:42:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-x732.google.com with SMTP id af79cd13be357-7831806c51bso83531185a.1 for ; Sun, 07 Jan 2024 05:42:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1704634939; x=1705239739; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=untQmLUbm5fzO1aSf2x72qNGyIzBP48NQtMZ9p7FKrA=; b=i5aRkQAH6wHvcvjHQRRnr1KdQo3J8unECmdg4Jfj8WYcxrFD1mGeMLr8nfzoL8A13C XBp0zjrrREaMPg6ryVQyo77DsDU3OcFbotZ8HN96kMZ8ICyqvH6EQ9gnMTPBBw6458B1 ZONChPf8MAKezQtCF62XdzAYda84aE0zsVQleROxa9QAUJ/TMLotTGZKGfy70CpEESVv dVoCnkydpzyx1Kr8RWOl36t2BDFq7w7XDgEcBKSZDQqin1nIImGYK8twjhMvdnYcH94D wB09dazgZYwVqU3XYoQ0QALl4w66ivYtZPQ7L0b67z4YUuO9NLsYDO9WI7d8ffh6VlQU uk9g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1704634939; x=1705239739; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=untQmLUbm5fzO1aSf2x72qNGyIzBP48NQtMZ9p7FKrA=; b=ltHuPhvZDH1zvuxQ8Cc1rhcUS2r/GnYzXU+FK+NXa2XMmoplzZLFzPh4VclYXXGvXZ By/zUddjMwGRBlFsWjJT4usghCzaH1kxWZezlvLONPTOss97UtjGB8l7hzxRKySVMC91 ZqzDeU5hH5+wZYE99ZwuvCkoDO8my0Gme4Xmp5TYGeNMPpTgprBqjnb9uVm/x3QESAoX e1Iz1AlkZLqKXf4kEV8xSWfONgXUW5OUgjSNL3EL1ucNC3izh6mIOvWdB1jRyhaMBB9b Zt1zPMDgvJSeywJri4XkT/MOXat0ixYXlHA+lx4uNHqJgHieBIz5YQnmaK+b3O/MIpzh XkCQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyR3zbbJMEbgvuopv93s/44oB67eo5FnERsor9aA3CoLDu2QaLM +80ZIE7Ag0+3KPZJwyuBA8h5G6ZV8rO0cqrP95Mn2FWRqpzPmC1cn/HPAHY01F0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IF8ryyReme84AQ4QbjYRmDb5GjFTTcO/2FzP9Tkx8n15jvaZ/GlnGgkRKaZ6HgzxMEpldbMMl9XuWbmbuZv58s= X-Received: by 2002:ae9:c109:0:b0:781:d536:f9a8 with SMTP id z9-20020ae9c109000000b00781d536f9a8mr2543960qki.6.1704634938893; Sun, 07 Jan 2024 05:42:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 08:42:03 -0500 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000141ec060e5b40e4" Message-ID-Hash: Q7DENJ33WISPWGBMLBQJ7H3EFOEN763V X-Message-ID-Hash: Q7DENJ33WISPWGBMLBQJ7H3EFOEN763V X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000000141ec060e5b40e4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> What was the physical form of this book? Was it a "perfect bound" >> book? > The HRW copies I have are perfect bound. But I can't remember if they > were 3-hole punched as well. The Holt Rinehart edition was 3-hole punched. The original V7 (and its predecessors) were prepared for AT&T standard 4-hole binders, but distributed in Accopress binders that used only 2 of the 4. 4-hole paper was punched 2" and 3 3/8" from top and bottom of 11" paper. This reduced the stress concentration that makes the isolated end holes in 3-hole paper vulnerable to tearing out. It was a let-down when AT&T eventually acceded to a sort of loose-leaf Gresham's law and switched to 3 holes. Doug --0000000000000141ec060e5b40e4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>> What wa= s the physical form of this book?=C2=A0 Was it a "perfect bound"<= br>>> book?

> The HRW copies I have are perfect boun= d.=C2=A0 But I can't remember if they
> were 3-hole punched as we= ll.

The Holt Rinehart=C2=A0edition= was 3-hole punched. The original V7 (and=C2=A0its=C2=A0predecessors) were = prepared for AT&T standard 4-hole binders, but distributed in Accopress= binders that used only 2 of the 4.

4-hole paper w= as punched 2" and 3 3/8" from top and bottom of 11" paper. T= his reduced the stress concentration that=C2=A0makes the=C2=A0isolated end = holes in 3-hole=C2=A0paper vulnerable to tearing out. It was a let-down whe= n AT&T eventually acceded to a sort of loose-leaf Gresham's law and= switched to 3 holes.

Doug
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