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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 19109 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2020 22:23:37 -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; 8 Apr 2020 22:23:37 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E44BF93DAC; Thu, 9 Apr 2020 08:23:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E2A93D3C; Thu, 9 Apr 2020 08:23:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BCBBA93D3C; Thu, 9 Apr 2020 08:23:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from central.weird.com (unknown [198.96.117.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA1093D1B for ; Thu, 9 Apr 2020 08:23:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from (invalid client hostname: bind: DNS error: DNS lookup for A for 'more.local': Unknown host)more.local ((no PTR matching greeting name)S01060026bb6c284e.ok.shawcable.net[24.71.254.93] port=48823) by central.weird.com([198.96.117.51] port=587) via TCP with esmtp (3871 bytes) (sender: ) (ident using UNIX) id for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2020 18:23:10 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #78 built 2020-Mar-25) Received: from (invalid client hostname: the DNS A record (with the targegt address [10.0.1.129]) for the hostname 'more.local' does not match the expected address [10.0.1.129])more.local ((no PTR matching greeting name)future.local[10.0.1.133] port=54918) by more.local([10.0.1.129] port=25) via TCP with esmtp (3362 bytes) (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2020 15:23:09 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2015-Feb-17) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:23:09 -0700 From: "Greg A. Woods" To: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list In-Reply-To: <33f635bb3ea67f5cf14b46316ca3b6a6.squirrel@squirrelmail.tuffmail.net> References: <1jKkMQ-2hN-00@marmaro.de> <854f7b58-9ba0-476f-a7e6-8579f4a8048d@localhost> <1jKlvG-4JB-00@marmaro.de> <3A36FF0A-7617-4B26-B4F3-FC183BF9A7FC@ronnatalie.com> <20200406000814.GH25105@mcvoy.com> <33f635bb3ea67f5cf14b46316ca3b6a6.squirrel@squirrelmail.tuffmail.net> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/25.3 (x86_64--netbsd) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-Face: ; j3Eth2XV8h1Yfu*uL{<:dQ$#E[DB0gemGZJ"J#4fH*][ lz; @-iwMv_u\6uIEKR0KY"=MzoQH#CrqBN`nG_5B@rrM8,f~Gr&h5a\= List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr__8_15:23:04_2020-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII At Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:51:05 -0400, ron@ronnatalie.com wrote: Subject: Re: [TUHS] First book on Unix for general readership > > > I tried an ngram search on google, and came up with the following: > > > > Richard L. Gauthier. October 1981. Using the Unix System, Reston > > Publishing > > Co. ISBN 978-0835981644. > > > > Gosh, I'd forgotten about Gauthier, perhaps the worst UNIX book ever written. I was going to mention this book as one I thought might be the first book on Unix for a truly general readership. I bought a copy in 1982. Not a very good book indeed. Horribly typeset. Content reminds me of many of the early poor-quality O'Reilly books. But it was available in 1981, a few years before K&P's almost infinitely greater "TUPE" (though TUPE is targeted far more to programmers than general users). -- Greg A. Woods Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack Planix, Inc. Avoncote Farms --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr__8_15:23:04_2020-1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: OpenPGP Digital Signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQTWEnAIIlcZX4oAawJie18UwlnHhQUCXo5OywAKCRBie18UwlnH hc5OAKClkCU1KSLME00ma3jYvEpTESv7jgCgtiatGirYDhAQYAH46BoLV1sHb7s= =4VMQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr__8_15:23:04_2020-1--