Unix System V Release 1 Programming Guide (1983) [pdf]

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I had never heard of bitsavers [0] until just now. They've got two sections: documents and software.

I have so far found blueprints associated with the PDP-1 [1] in the documents portion, but mostly image files in the software section.

[0] = http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/ [1] = http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp1/blueprints/

JFYI, in public you should generally link to http://bitsavers.org to get one of several mirrors.

Oh yeah...this is Al Kossows labor of love, and a fantastic resource. If you've got some old manual for some obscure machine in a box in the basement, consider seeing if Al could use it. Reminds me I need to send him the Interdata 8/32 instruction set manual that Dennis Ritchie gave me.

One day Al will be remembered like the Irish monks who laboriously copied old Greek and Roman texts to preserve them for future generations.

SVR1?

Remembers AT&T's early attempts to "professionalize" Unix.

Screams "The bugs! The bugs! They're all over me! Get them off!"

Huddles sobbing in corner.

The termcap/terminfo fiasco involving Mark Horton is fun too.

The other manuals that are referenced in the programming guide are also available on the same site:

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/att/unix/System_V_Rel...

What font is the index printed in?

You mean the TOC? That (plus headings) would be Futura. Copy is ITC Century, cover is Eurostile plus a little Helvetica.

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