Spotted this and ordered it on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235246689392
After the link is a pretty nondescript comb-bound 4.1BSD User's Manual Volume 2C. I
don't think I've seen comb-bound issues prior to the USENIX 4.2BSD set that
introduced the Beastie cover. Does anyone know if there was a limited run produced by the
Berkeley folks themselves or if this is more likely a one-off someone printed for
themselves? Either way, this is an exciting find for the completeness of my library, this
would leave 3BSD as the only VAX BSD version I don't have any Volume 2C papers in my
bookshelf from. If this does prove to be issue from Berkeley or someone directly adjacent
to them, the next thing I hope to figure out is if this has Volume 1 and Volume 2A/2B
companions. I find myself curious because the 4BSD Volume 2C I have was following a plain
Jane Version 7 Volume 2A/2B rather than also 4BSD 2A/2B, so whoever curated that set
either got them that way or clobbered V7 and 4BSD docs together themselves.
- Matt G.
P.S. Would anyone be interested in some V7 binders? I'm not keen on acquiring too
many duplicates so would happily ship them to anyone wanting an original set of the papers
from back when. As a bonus, the binders have some nice numbered tabs separating the
papers/sections. I actually have three such binders, two that seem to be stock V7 Volume
2A/2B and one that is V7 Volume 1 but slightly tweaked with some "local" pages
(to my knowledge, local to MIT Lincoln Labs, they added stuff like the RAND editor). Just
let me know, if I don't hear anyone speak for them in a month or so they're
going to the CS department at the local uni, they've got a shelf with some 4.3BSD
binders that could use some elder influence :)