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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31366 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2023 01:07:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jun 2023 01:07:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF4DB40BA7; Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:07:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from lechuck.jsg.id.au (jsg.id.au [193.114.144.202]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0668240BA1 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:07:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: from largo.jsg.id.au (largo.jsg.id.au [192.168.1.43]) by lechuck.jsg.id.au (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPS id ddce9b83 (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:07:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (largo.jsg.id.au [local]) by largo.jsg.id.au (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 9882591f; Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:07:25 +1000 (AEST) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:07:25 +1000 From: Jonathan Gray To: segaloco Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Message-ID-Hash: CQ5BUPK3BV5BED4DHDXTWHIKJC4J26YZ X-Message-ID-Hash: CQ5BUPK3BV5BED4DHDXTWHIKJC4J26YZ X-MailFrom: jsg@jsg.id.au 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 CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: 4.3BSD User Contributed Software Volume? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 07:37:55PM +0000, segaloco via TUHS wrote: > Hello, I've come across something in a bookshelf up at the local > university that I have thus far been unsuccessful at locating online. > > It's a binder amongst other 4.3BSD binders like the reference manuals > and supplementary documents but this one is labeled "User Contributed > Software (UCS)". I can't find any of these in the doc folder of > the 4.3BSD copies in the archive nor can I find a scan of the > originals. There is an overview at the start listing the following > packages: B, X, ansi (VAX tape tools), apl, bib, courier, cpm, > dipress, dsh, emacs, enet, help, hyper, icon, jove, kermit, mh, > mkmf, mmdf, news, notes, npl00, patch, path alias, rcs, rn, spms, > sumacc, sunrpc, tac, tools, umodem, and xns. Al Kossow scanned the Mt Xinu version including that page https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_mtXinuMTXI_25102566/page/n1/mode/2up https://bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu/MT_XINU_UCS_Apr_1986.pdf > > There are a preponderance of man pages as well as some focused > papers for B, SPMS, the Icon programming language, and MMDFII. I > didn't scribble down more notes before heading home because I figured > this was something I'd find on page one of an internet search, but > thus far have had no luck. If I don't turn up a digital copy soon > I might just have to make another trip up there soon with my flatbed > scanner. In any case I left a note too hoping whoever the curator > of that bookshelf is (it was in some club room) might have the scoop > on those binders, if they're left over from some long gone 4.3BSD > installation in the EE/CS department and if they might have some > siblings in other bookshelves nearby. > > - Matt G.