Good evening, while I'm still waiting on the full uploads to progress (it's like
there's a rule any >100MB upload to
archive.org for me has to fail like 5 times
before it'll finally go...) I decided to scrape out the UNIX RTR manual from a recent
trove of 5ESS materials I received and tossed it up in a separate upload:
https://archive.org/details/5ess-switch-unix-rtr-operating-system-reference…
This time around I've got Issue 10 from December 2001. The last issue of this
particular manual I found on another 5ESS disc is Issue 7 from 1998 which I shared
previously
(
https://ia601200.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=%2F12%2Fitems%2F5e…)
The manual is in "DynaText" format on the CD in question, unlike Issue 7 which
was already a PDF on its respective CD. I used print-to-PDF to generate the above linked
copy. Given that the CD itself is from 2007, this may point to UNIX RTR having no
significant user-visible changes from 2001 to 2007 that would've necessitated manual
revisions.
In any case, I intend to upload bin/cue images of all 7 of the CDs I've received
which span from 1999 to 2007, and mostly concern the 5ESS-2000 switch from the
administrative and maintenance points of view. Once I get
archive.org to choke these
files down I also intend to go back around to the discs I've already archived and
reupload them as proper bin/cue rips. I was in a hurry the last time around and simply
zipped the contents from the discs, but aside from just being good archive practice, I
think bin/cue is necessary for the other discs as they seem to have control information in
the disc header that is required by the interactive documentation viewers therein.
All that to say, the first pass will result in bin/cues which aren't easily readable
through archive.org's interface, but I intend to also swing back around on these new
discs and provide zips of the contents as well to ensure the archives are both correct
(bin/cue) and easily navigable (zip).
As always, if you have any such documentation or leads on where any may be awaiting
archival, I'm happy to take on the work!
- Matt G.