lepreau@utah-cs.UUCP (Jay Lepreau) (03/09/84)
To save you all some trouble, there appear to be only three differences between Sam's original message and Tom's later one: 1. It's limited to *institutional* USENIX members. 2. The deadline for order estimates has been extended a week to 3/21. 3. It arrived 4 days before it was posted.... And folks, let's have a round of applause for Sam Leffler and Tom Ferrin for doing all that good and incredibly tedious work. And to USENIX for sponsoring it (would YOU like to check all those licenses?). Wow! manuals I can hold in one hand again! (Damn shame they won't sell the volumes separately though... oh well.) Everyone lean on your users to buy LOTS to get the price down-- it should be quite sensitive to volume. What we're doing here at Utah is taking orders from our own users, with only those signing up and making a deposit guaranteed to get one. With a little propaganda, such as "this may be your LAST chance, future ones may cost more due to limited local press run, etc," people are committing and our own risk is shrinking. Jay Lepreau
rob@research.UUCP (The devil made me do it) (03/13/84)
As announced at the UniForum Conference in Washington, D.C., USENIX is sponsoring the printing of 4.2BSD manuals. These manuals may be purchased only by institutional USENIX members holding a 4.2BSD license agreement and will require the representative from each member institution to sign a simple agreement designating USENIX as their agent for manual duplication. There is no limit on the number of manuals a site may purchase, though we cannot promise there will be any printing runs other than this one. Consequently, it is highly recommended that sites consider this a one time event and order accordingly. Further, the larger the quantity of manuals printed, the lower the cost will be to all sites. This message has three purposes: o to inform all interested parties of the imminent availability of 4.2 manuals, o to publicize the expected format, and o to collect responses from all those interested instituations as to the quantity of manuals they expect to order. The last item is most important as the total number of manuals printed will define the exact cost. Further, only those sites responding will receive a copy of the agreement necessary to purchase the manuals. Remember that these manuals will be sold only to USENIX institutional members. If your institution is not a member of USENIX but still wishes to order manuals, you should join -- the cost to join will be easily recouped in the cost of the manuals purchased. (If you think this is a plug for USENIX, you're right.) The information included below should answer most all questions about the manuals. If you have further questions regarding the manuals I will try and reply promptly if you send me mail at either of the addresses shown below. Manual Descriptions ------ ------------ The 3 manuals which may be purchased are shown below; a detailed description of each volume's contents is given later. All manuals will be printed in a photo-reduced 6"x9" format with plastic binding which (unfortunately) does not permit local additions. Reference guides will have "bleed tabs" to ease the identification of manuals sections. The manual format and contents is fixed and no quantity of pleading will cause it to change (masters have already been created). UNIX User's Manual (2 volumes) Volume 1, Reference Guide Volume 2, Supplementary Documents UNIX Programmer's Manual (2 volumes) Volume 1, Reference Guide Volume 2, Supplementary Documents UNIX System Manager's Manual (1 volume) While some manuals are two separate volumes, one may only order complete manuals; i.e. one may NOT order a Volume 1 of the User's Manual without also ordering Volume 2. The manuals are organized differently from the standard 4.2BSD manuals distributed by Berkeley for several reasons: 1. The quantity of material was too thick to permit the style of binding desired. 2. The reorganization permits grouping logically related information. 3. Most users will not have to shoulder the cost of printing material they will rarely use. 4. One may once again have manuals "small enough to fit in their briefcase" (though, of course, more of them). Manual Contents ------ -------- UNIX User's Manual, Reference Guide The following sections from Volume 1 of the original UPM: preface, introduction, table of contents, permuted index, section 1 (commands), section 6 (games), and section 7 (tables). Manual sections will have bleed tabs. UNIX User's Manual, Supplementary Documents The following documents from Volumes 2a, 2b, and 2c of the UPM: 7th Edition UNIX - Summary The UNIX Time-Sharing System UNIX for Beginners A Tutorial Introduction to the UNIX Text Editor Advanced Editing on UNIX Edit: A Tutorial An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi Ex Reference Manual An Introduction to the UNIX Shell An Introduction to the C Shell Learn - Computer Aided Instruction on UNIX Mail Reference Manual SED - A Non-interactive Text Editor AWK - A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language DC - An Interactive Desk Calculator BC - An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language Typesetting Documents on the UNIX System A Revised Version of -ms Writing Papers with Nroff Using -me -me Reference Manual A System for Typsetting Mathematics TBL - A Program to Format Tables Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System Refer - A Bibliography System Writing Tools - The Style and Diction Programs NROFF/TROFF User's Manual A TROFF Tutorial A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom UNIX Programmer's Manual, Reference Guide The following sections from Volume 1 of the original UPM: section 2 (system calls), section 3 (libraries), section 4 (devices), section 5 (file formats). All manual sections will have bleed tabs. UNIX Programmer's Manual, Supplementary Documents The following documents from Volumes 2a, 2b, and 2c of the UPM: The C Programming Language - Reference Manual The FRANZ LISP Manual Berkeley Pascal User's Manual Berkeley FP User's Manual A Portable Fortran 77 Compiler Introduction to the f77 I/O Library Assembler Reference Manual Lint, A C Program Checker UNIX Programming 4.2BSD System Manual A Tutorial Introduction to ADB Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs YACC: Yet Another Compiler-Compiler LEX - A Lexical Analyzer Generator Rator - A Preprocessor for a Rational Fortran The Programming Language EFL The M4 Macro Processor Screen Updating and Cursor Movement Optimization An Introduction to the Source Code Control System A Tour Through the Portable C Compiler UNIX System Manager's Manual Section 8 (maintenance commands) of the original UPM. The following documents from Volumes 2a, 2b, and 2c: Installing and Operating 4.2BSD on the VAX Building 4.2BSD UNIX System with Config Fsck - The UNIX File System Check Program 4.2BSD Line Printer Spooler Manual Sendmail - An Internetwork Mail Router Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide A Dial-Up Network of UNIX Systems UUCP Implementation Description UNIX Implementation The UNIX I/O System A Fast File System for UNIX Disc Quotas in a UNIX Environment 4.2BSD Network Implementation Notes On the Security of UNIX Password Security: A Case History Cost and Delivery ----------------- The cost of the manuals is still to be determined. Preliminary estimates indicate the cost breakdowns shown below. These costs will vary according to the total number of each manual printed, the actual number of pages in each manual, and the printer selected. In addition to the charge for the printed material, each site will be responsible for paying shipping and handling charges. These charges also have yet to be determined. Assuming all goes well with the printing and verification of 4.2BSD license agreements, we hope the manuals will be available in late March or early April. We cannot give any more specific time of delivery. User's Manual ------------- Price per set (1000 copies printed) ~$22 Programmer's Manual ------------------- Price per set (1000 copies printed) ~$23 System Manager's Manual ----------------------- Price per set (1000 copies printed) ~$16 This translates to ~$61 for a complete set of manuals (not including shipping), quite a bargain when one considers what other suppliers of manuals are charging! Getting on the List ------------------- If you plan to order manuals when they become available, please fill out the short form below and return it via mail to: ucbvax!manuals (uucp) manuals@berkeley (ARPANET) Alternatively (though not recommended), you may mail your form to me at Sam Leffler Lucasfilm, Ltd. P.O. Box 2009 San Rafael, California 94912 To simplify my work, please be certain to include a Subject line in your message of the form given. Responses must be received within two weeks (March 21). NOTE: This is NOT an order form! Do NOT send checks, purchase orders, etc. The purpose of responding at this time is to help us determine the quanties of manuals to print. All respondents will subsequently receive complete ordering information and a Manual Reproduction Authorization Form which must be signed and returned to USENIX along with proper license documentation before you can receive any manuals. To receive this form you must remember to include your US mailing address. Please do not indicate quantities based on expected costs (e.g. I'll take 10 of this if it costs $10, but only 5 if it costs $15), but rather accurate estimates based on your true expectations. To: ucbvax!manuals To: manuals@berkeley Subject: USENIX manuals Name: Organization: Computer Mailing Address: U.S. Mailing Address: Phone Number: USENIX Membership Number: <number of> User's Manuals <number of> Programmer's Manuals <number of> System Manager's Manuals
tef@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Thomas Ferrin%CGL) (05/23/84)
After seemingly countless legal, administrative and bureaucratic delays, the 4.2BSD manuals are finally ready to be printed and delivered. The printer has nearly completed the process of making the photolithographic master plates and the order forms are being printed up at this very moment, the later to be mailed via the US postal service to all those who indicated their intention to order manuals a while back. If you had previously indicated you wanted to order manuals and do not receive an order form within two weeks (June 8th), then you should either write or call the Usenix office and ask to be sent an order form. In addition, order forms are being sent to everyone who has recieved a 4.2BSD distribution. Please remember, however, 4.2BSD manuals can only be ordered by Usenix Institutional or Supporting members and NOT by individual members. In addition, the order form contains a legal statement that must be signed by the Institutional representative before the order can be processed. Lastly, please do not send mail to me about manuals; I have a very itchy "d[elete]" finger. The address of the Usenix office is: Usenix Association P.O. Box 7 El Cerrito, CA 94530 (415) 528-UNIX
kre@mulga.OZ (Robert Elz) (05/26/84)
Would someone like to send (mail !) me the phone number of USENIX. Its continually quoted (on all stationary, even in this news item) as (415) 528-UNIX. Now that may be fine in the US, easy to remember & all that. However, phones in Australia don't have letters ... Please! Robert ELz decvax!mulga!kre
frew@ucsbcsl.UUCP (James Frew) (09/26/84)
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We have received several sets of the USENIX manuals. The price IS right, but
the quality of the reproduction leaves something to be desired (basically just
photo-reduced from the UCB originals - try reading the small print in the Lisp
manual). There are also a few glaring bugs (e.g., no mkdir(1)).
If you're loaded with $, an alternative is the DEC Ultrix documentation, which
(for now, anyway) is identical to the UCB stuff. Their Volume 1 has likewise
been shruck to 6x9, but also completely re-typeset so it's much more legible
than the USENIX offering. It comes punched for little binders, and is printed
on much more durable paper. Ask yer DEC rep for the order #s; they're not yet
in the documentation catalog. Price for a full Vol 1 is about $60 as I
recall.
Unfortunately I can't recommend DEC's efforts with Volume 2, since they
subdivided it so randomly that you have to purchase all 3 volumes in order to
do most anything. They also left in a lot of the irrelevant PDP11 stuff
(perhaps for double-duty with ULTRIX-11?).
Just for a benchmark, we reproduced the entire 4.2BSD documentation (vol 1, 2C,
user-contrib) in-house (university print shop) for $100 per set of 5
paper-bound 8-1/2x11 volumes.
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James Frew {cepu,dscvax2,sdcsvax,ucbvax}!ucsbcsl!frew
Computer Systems Lab., Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 961-2309mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (09/29/84)
>If you're loaded with $, an alternative is the DEC Ultrix documentation, which >(for now, anyway) is identical to the UCB stuff. For a good chuckle, read section 4 of the Ultrix doc. On nearly every page, in big red letters there will be a gem such as "TCP is NOT supported by Digital Equipment Corporation." I can just see some clerk going through section 4 and comparing the name of the page to the list of supported DEC peripherals.