From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 1335 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2020 20:51:21 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 10 Apr 2020 20:51:21 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 426949C187; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:51:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A70DF9C160; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:50:49 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="OBQJio9D"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 72BD19C160; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:50:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f42.google.com (mail-ua1-f42.google.com [209.85.222.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66E459C15F for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:50:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f42.google.com with SMTP id a10so1062812uad.7 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:50:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0KhWDcvvOuwS42+vli1FSjixul1ZYXTkuP2FAuy9dPg=; b=OBQJio9DSpRB8hMWiu2h6NzlsbIroz9aIoL879q2oNgNzPvJM3hbEbw65sVQVZadom 2e+s+9dpeJNmGD1KDYCS5AKE5PBKi2liKzv7+0MhMgLEQxNPr6VCJk8zFVIS98yqeiiE fUuj69ZuJrr7opYGwTLMBEwkyvhoixf5LZfcUDp2bEmrC8zOC1GT7Fgi+7YZHeIqc7jw zwVuj4ufowJpj/e97y1q16/J2BDq5Ot1flCGTW9jg4CtJYk4XE69BXSDlz3YDhk06g8O 2U3lJGKBDF3UMioagc7anHNBH8Gah8Ae8y7NdabbxI/RzsiyiaFNgP5i7GonGUBk1RNc AAJA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0KhWDcvvOuwS42+vli1FSjixul1ZYXTkuP2FAuy9dPg=; b=s4UR87cZLas0TVPUPqPY2FRzgVD2OEDVMsiOd8mUkVvRXjYoo4peur4n8NeItnatYq 94WbJ7VFwAgwbW6NyRI+Spx4jMQNqQrG23aPJ5jGbLvYcfGQe7LHmznh0mq/htAAgpW3 DE3Ugk//hAPMpKr67UfCX3DhjU0dNq+da2PgXDnR9lSdaKIMC/jTweAyN/dPEQG7Dweo /b4LZoaN8Y97B+vZX/ZvoX3uXaeYaN3DbRWw4LFwD0nk7uGA0w2yipL2f6rXSZPGwUsS bAbDFk8uWlQnffP6YADq4i20YmUcWh6LNx+kUt0soot8kMenJfb5jisRiV0CaHkxXbeq Zy7w== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PubELoiBK1DnriIAFZO8DZMNRXp5qvAg0ATLxxAKpuJ/RhWdn0Gq K4lO8oKVLOAwmxuAY4uIlwTNcCBkthsjct6AD6Y= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypJMpexAkWJsi2ckgwJ36w34IjYtZFXB1oxs42Nct/ScUdTUaC/qvts+CWVTouo6BANDzgrUhM2d3NAqe4Mzh8I= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:3e0e:: with SMTP id o14mr4327052uai.73.1586551842576; Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:50:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <58126C92-CB5E-4647-ACA6-3E6B1665FF4C@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: <58126C92-CB5E-4647-ACA6-3E6B1665FF4C@planet.nl> From: Rob Pike Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:50:31 +1000 Message-ID: To: Paul Ruizendaal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [TUHS] V8, V9 and V10 now in the "Unix Tree" X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" It wasn't that "shortly", it was several years. Maybe just drop the adverb, or put in actual dates. Otherwise this seems OK (except for a typo in "Eigth".) -rob On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 1:35 AM Paul Ruizendaal wrote: > > Warren has been nice enough to put 8th, 9th and 10th edition on the TUHS = =E2=80=9CUnix Tree=E2=80=9D web page. > > There is the following question on each entry web page: =E2=80=9CWho want= s to write something here?=E2=80=9D > > Below my suggested draft text for Eight Edition. All suggestions for impr= ovement welcome. > > =3D=3D=3D > > Shortly after the release of 7th Edition, the VAX became the base machine= for further Unix development. The initial code base was the 32V port, enha= nced with selected elements from 4.1BSD, such as support for virtual memory= and later the TCP/IP stack. From there the code further evolved: Eighth Ed= ition of Unix was released by Bell Laboratories in February 1985, six years= after Seventh Edition. > > Key innovations in 8th Edition include =E2=80=98streams=E2=80=99 and the = 'file system switch=E2=80=99, which allowed the =E2=80=9Ceverything is a fi= le=E2=80=9D approach to be extended to new areas. Three notable application= s built on these were the =E2=80=98/proc=E2=80=99 file system and new debug= ger API, a unified approach to networking over Datakit, TCP/IP and phone li= nes, and a network file system. > > Eighth Edition is also at the root of graphical user interfaces on Unix, = being the platform used for the development of the =E2=80=98Blit=E2=80=99 g= raphical terminal. > > Several of the new ideas from Eigth Edition found their way into the 3rd = release of System V, although in a much modified way. > > =3D=3D=3D >