I see a stylistic connection between the style of writing of the manuals and the New York journalism, especially that of the New Yorker. When I arrived at Bell Labs, I was a little taken aback by the change of culture in writing, dressing, and entertainment compared to my years as a grad student in California. I mean, I fit in - I subscribed to the New Yorker - but I felt like a bum in a room full of high society folk.

That feeling never really left.

-rob

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 6:35 AM John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> wrote:

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 1:37 PM Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:

It seems like Unix is largely a child of the coasts.

We can add the eastern coast of Australia, where the original Wollongong group made the first V6 port to the Interdata 7/32 (not to be confused with the Labs port to the 8/32). The Western U.S. company of the same name was formed to sell it, but I don't know if any of the Ozites moved to Palo Alto.