6 Jun
2025
6 Jun
'25
9:01 p.m.
Most prized would definitely be what I *think* are "original" copies of
the Lions books. I say "think" because they were given to me by John
Bruno, who I know did time at Murray Hill before he came to UCSB. (Any
OGs on this list remember him?) The source code has a pink cover and the
notes has a gold one.
Provenance aside, they're special to me since that's the first deep dive
I ever took into an operating system. Something like 90% of the lines in
the source volume have my handwritten notes, documenting a herculean
attempt to Think Like Ken™
Many of my second-tier U-keepsakes got fobbed off on you lot* when I
cleared out my office a few years back. Still have the license plate and
the RTFM wooden coin...
Cheers,
/Frew
*Apologies to those of you who gave me non-US addresses: shipping stuff
internationally was just too painful and $$$.
On 2025-06-06 11:09 AM, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
As someone who has been quite attentive to the
documentation situation with UNIX, I've managed to build out a pretty appreciable
library of historic works. Among my most treasured bits are my 3B20S Release 4.1 manual
and Bell Labs copies of the Lions's Commentary.
What do folks have around that you're particularly thrilled to have among your
UNIX-y possessions?