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 848 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2024 07:03:59 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Jan 2024 07:03:59 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E818043F55; Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:03:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from lechuck.jsg.id.au (jsg.id.au [193.114.144.202]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3338143F51 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:03:38 +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 351132d2 (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:03:34 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (largo.jsg.id.au [local]) by largo.jsg.id.au (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 280fc10f; Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:03:34 +1100 (AEDT) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:03:34 +1100 From: Jonathan Gray To: Phil Budne Message-ID: References: <202212221852.2BMIqMRk003859@ultimate.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202212221852.2BMIqMRk003859@ultimate.com> Message-ID-Hash: WZFDTNMUBSSQ4JCHQSRKCQRTWHIEKYTD X-Message-ID-Hash: WZFDTNMUBSSQ4JCHQSRKCQRTWHIEKYTD 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: Early supported UNIX manual List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 01:52:22PM -0500, Phil Budne wrote: > Rather than increase subject drift on a thread I started > "UNIX on (not quite bare) System/370", here's a new thread. > > Since the TUHS archive seems to now include documentation, > I decided to take a look and see if the earliest UNIX manual I have > is in the archive: > > It was given to me by a friend at Stevens Tech in Hoboken NJ (c. 1980) > who had graduated, and worked for AT&T. > > It's hole punched for a four ring binder > (I found an unused Bell System Project Telstar binder to put it in). > > The cover page has: > > Upper left corner: > Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorperated > PROGRAM APPLICATION INSTRUCTION > > Upper right corner: > PA-1C300-01 > Section 1 > Issue 1, January 1976 > AT&TCo SPCS > > Center: > UNIX PROGRAMMER'S MANUAL > Program Generic PG-1C300 Issue 2 > Published by the UNIX Support Group > January, 1976 now available on bitsavers thanks to Al Kossow: https://bitsavers.org/pdf/att/unix/6th_Edition/ > > The preface starts with: > > This document is published as part of the UNIX Operating System Program Generic, > PG-1C300 Issue 2. The development of the Program Generic is the result of the > efforts of the members of the UNIX Support Group, supervised by J.F. Maranzano > and composed of: R. B. Brant, J. Feder, C. D. Perez. T. M. Raleigh, R. E. Swift, > G. C. Vogel and I. A. Winheim. > > and ends with > > For corrections and comments please contact C. D. Perez, MH 2C-423, Extension > 6041. > > Not knowing who else I could ask, I brought it to a Boston Usenix (in > the 90's or oughts), and asked DMR if he could identify it. He said > it was an early supported UNIX, and he signed the preface page for me. > > The manual has sections I through VIII; all manual pages start with page -1- > > I found https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/USDL/unix_program_description_jan_1976.pdf > > with cover page: > UNIX PROGRAM DESCRIPTION > Program Generic PG-1C300 Issue 2 > Published by the UNIX Support Group > January 1976 > > contents: > NUMBER ISSUE TITLE > PD-1C301-01 1 Operating System > PD-1C302-01 1 Device Drivers Section 1 > PD-1C303-01 1 Device Drivers Section 2 > > And consists of descriptions of kernel functions. > > So it seems likely that my manual is a companion to that. > > I have a Brother printer/scanner, but the paper is fragile, so unless > it's of immediate and burning value to someone, it's unlikely to rise > to the top of my ever-static list of documents to scan.... > > But if someone has specific questions I can look up, let me know....