From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 39d3a51c for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 43F609C122; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:33:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA309C109; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:32:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B97AF9C103; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:32:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from lb3-smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net (lb3-smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net [194.109.24.31]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7FC89C0FE for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:32:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mba2.fritz.box ([80.101.112.122]) by smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net with ESMTPA id sc2liHOUjrNgysc2miN5jM; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:32:52 +0100 From: Paul Ruizendaal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:32:51 +0100 To: TUHS main list X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfMdrA98b7S6cxnBaiRI3xdcNVyA/BlUb1Tfi+THwBs1+JlIjOZmsJGEEGEL2Te7lMEcgoNA/fg2tRQfxXTPBzIKJhvq8CZFufklQ4djdukTPFC1jzzkK uZLFEzMk8NesQR3kr4N4TA9iQ+vC1ZEQAqp9VrZmfioBQlhQQ3e55lNy9I1Zv7UyXdq5Qehfzg97xw== Subject: [TUHS] CSRG report TR/4 was in Jim Joyce papers 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Rich was kind enough to look through the Joyce papers to see if it = contained "CSRG Tech Report 4: Proposals for Unix on the VAX=E2=80=9D. = It did. As list regulars will know I=E2=80=99ve been looking for that paper for = years as it documents the early ideas for networking and IPC in what was = to become 4.2BSD. It is an intriguing paper that discusses a network API that is imo = fairly different from what ended up being in 4.1a and 4.2BSD. It = confirms Kirk McKusick=E2=80=99s recollection that the select statement = was modelled after the ADA select statement. It also confirms Clem = Cole=E2=80=99s recollection that the initial ideas for 4.2BSB were = significantly influenced by the ideas of Richard Rashid = (Aleph/Accent/Mach). Besides IPC and networking, it also discusses file systems and a wide = array of potential improvements in various other areas.