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 26434 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2024 18:25:57 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Jan 2024 18:25:57 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3CF943D5D; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 04:25:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe30.google.com (mail-vs1-xe30.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e30]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71D8C43D5B for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 04:25:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe30.google.com with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-4676a37e2c4so1191001137.1 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:25:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1704911141; x=1705515941; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=DYxSUEZ/ORuYAwZojbNBpEcRBS9uB4iFejEcfis6HVo=; b=QF4QxxWXDNPVpXFN7TufKOlt8T9cHYh1nT5zORPusUmc838CYRgkBsQMObqi0TVlBn o792co5BE0h6OBY+Uldy2LSzzdVm4NOhQrEFfgGICwEZkgPixO3HyYSQ5ryuX8E/v5D2 0HZmj1T8V7iH2wY3eTDjiyUo4F5kkm15nQusSlyALO6YulLQ2sYQjD99pcnVdzSmMKYe Qet1X9DFm2H34yAFxoLGeF1Zh6KMC1zTREv0ubDGMCwtX9KgtoAZZhc7NPHQrB8fW6+9 bJkiaQiPsfOqHKGwkeE8CM/1ZbTM2i2Y+vdWgQYymfSkA9LZYGeKl1QF6CUSJTjVNjlH Q4cA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1704911141; x=1705515941; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=DYxSUEZ/ORuYAwZojbNBpEcRBS9uB4iFejEcfis6HVo=; b=TRvF0JBhj9zbacx5dy1BwUUbJx5eVDGPGMDlDrd7TNdH8QoehWWXV587gpotIlgd2J 1htcBtLIq/WMTx4sSfKYWd5ru3TlVcAPpPPuKQ3xxMDbcHBlGXLiXq/ywmasYiafwa4N m6wOem6+fCDU0VQhlaTTVMRMtERY/HAuAZn9VAr54EaKsx9qf4FmL6hPAxNMFJcSIulG LW3s1AbmX5WYtITypU2FYJcXSzZ9GWeDdEnq0COhkLKYYjRTfID3go/hYJBCEVgZ1GIt V5bnwha3LGg62rPFK06OjdIXF10GqBHmLfmCBBblmqqoqtzPiKuIQ4wjow2TtzvcKH4a AaJg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yy08XKw4r7VpfRmO3UBO2WNuV2tvpDQ4I+tMff8M9Sz2K/nz4LN Uqmh0/nsJwF40nZZG8v2Tv+MRbAyc3aOW5msm+2U7Dglj0zgJOk0vxSwcYeeQ/A= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IESOmwf8GSFaQCL0y0Pcz6HLKBPmg5kJze87A8KoveagpxvXuAkZNWePbyVsIzz8Y+Aup1ISLCuKJ+FIr9LO1A= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:38c8:b0:467:de0a:4d8 with SMTP id k8-20020a05610238c800b00467de0a04d8mr1426492vst.8.1704911141114; Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:25:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:25:25 -0500 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f0b4d1060e9b8e68" Message-ID-Hash: I3JM4QNAW7WTFFD5GZ6JEURKXAYBV27B X-Message-ID-Hash: I3JM4QNAW7WTFFD5GZ6JEURKXAYBV27B 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: --000000000000f0b4d1060e9b8e68 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > The omputerphile Youtube channel did a video about 10 years ago about > "The Great 202 jailbreak:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxeuwlvf8w It may be superfluous in this forum, but one should note that the video's characterization of Brian Kernighan as the father of typesetting at Bell Labs does great disservice to Joe Ossanna, who single-handedly brought the first phototypesetter to the labs, subjected it to computer control, and wrote troff (which lives on 50 years later) to drive it. In passing, the video denigrates the C/A/T because it had a fixed font repertoire and no general graphic capability. But without the antecedent of C/A/T and troff, the famous Linotron summer-vacation project would never have been undertaken. Doug --000000000000f0b4d1060e9b8e68 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> The <C>omputerphile Youtube ch= annel did a video about 10 years ago about
> "The Great 202 jail= break:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCVxeu= wlvf8w

It may be superfluous in th= is forum, but one should note that the video's
characterizati= on of Brian Kernighan as the father of typesetting at Bell
Labs d= oes great disservice to Joe Ossanna, who single-handedly
brought = the first phototypesetter to the labs, subjected it to computer
c= ontrol, and wrote troff (which lives on 50 years later) to drive it.
<= div>
In=C2=A0 passing, the video denigrates the C/A/T because= it had a fixed font=C2=A0
repertoire and no general graphic = capability. But without the antecedent
of C/A/T and troff, the fa= mous Linotron summer-vacation project would
never have been under= taken.

Doug
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