On Friday, January 5th, 2024 at 2:17 PM, Mychaela Falconia <falcon(a)freecalypso.org>
wrote:
Hello fellow lovers of old UNIX,
Would anyone happen to have a raster scan (not OCR) of the original
printing of UNIX Programmer's Manual, 7th edition? Does such a thing
exist?
M~
I'm not aware of any existing scans. I do, however, have on hand for about one more
day a nearly original V7 manual set, both volumes, that I'm fairly certain were used
with 4.1BSD, as they also include Vol 2C (albeit the rest of Vol 2 is one volume, no
actual 2A 2B split, dunno how that plays in.) Additionally, the Volume 1 has some
changes, mostly additions like the RAND editor, I'm pretty sure od(1) was the only
base page replaced. I mention I have access to this for a day because I'm quite
tardy on mailing these to Jacob Ritorto, another list member, and I don't want to
keep kicking the can down the road, already delayed a few times.
In any case, there's a second Volume 2 binder, also V7, that I donated to the
bookshelf in the compsci lounge of the local university, I can always go check that back
out and take any scans that would help. Would just be Volume 2 stuff but that represents
much more typographical variety.
I additionally have an almost complete Usenix 4.2BSD set, just missing the
Programmer's Reference Guide, so if you're interested in any visual inspections
between the two, happy to sit down at my desk with the magnifying glass tonight and see if
I can help out with what you're working on.
- Matt G.