gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (11/21/84)
I am surprised that none of the newsgroups that I read has any mention of the new issue of AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal (Oct. 84), which is the second "UNIX special issue". I returned the copy I had borrowed, but as I recall, some of the articles I found most interesting were on the following topics: UNIX development history (Ritchie) The early days. Blit (Pike) How mpx works and why stream I/O is so neat. Blit debugger (Cargill) I think "joff" is one of the funniest program names ever. UNIX security issues (Morris, perhaps someone else) Administrators: READ THIS before the crackers do! Breaking "crypt" (Weinberger and someone else) Gives a good idea of how one goes about this sort of thing, although not much fundamental use is made of statistical approaches (they didn't need to!). Stream I/O (Ritchie) Stackable line disciplines (finally!). Perhaps someone else will post the actual table of contents.
Rich Zellich <zellich@ALMSA-1.ARPA> (11/22/84)
Now that Doug Gwyn has told us that the Oct 84 issue of the BLTJ is another special UNIX issue, would someone care to tell us how to order it from AT&T?
jpl@allegra.UUCP (John P. Linderman) (11/24/84)
I don't think there is any prohibition about posting the table of contents. [I'll find out if there is.] With apologies in advance for any typos I may introduce, and in a format designed to minimize lines at some loss of clarity, it looks like: Page Author(s) - Title 1571 R. L. Martin - Preface 1573 A. V. Aho - Foreword 1577 D. M. Ritchie - The Evolution of the UNIX Time-sharing System 1595 R. Pike & B. W. Kernighan - Program Design in the UNIX System Environment 1607 R. Pike - The Blit: A Multiplexed Graphics Terminal 1633 T. Cargill - Debugging C Programs With the Blit 1649 F. T. Grampp & R. H. Morris - UNIX Operating System Security 1673 J. A. Reeds & P. J. Weinberger - File Security and the UNIX System Crypt Command 1685 L. Rosler - The Evolution of C - Past and Future 1701 B. Stroustrup - Data Abstraction in C 1733 M. J. Bach & S. J. Buroff - Multiprocessor UNIX Systems 1751 W. A. Felton, G. L. Miller & J. M. Milner - A UNIX System Implementation for System/370 1769 D. E. Bodenstab, T. F. Houghton, K. A. Kelleman, G. Ronkin & E. P. Schan - UNIX Operating System Porting Experiences 1791 J. Feder - The Evolution of UNIX System Performance 1815 P. J. Weinberger - Cheap Dynamic Instruction Counting 1827 J. P. Linderman - Theory and Practice in the Construction of a Working Sort Routine 1845 G. J. Henry - The Fair Share Scheduler 1859 M. J. Fitton, C. J. Harkness, K. A. Kelleman, P. F. Long & C. Mee III - The Virtual Protocol Machine 1877 T. E. Fritz, J. E. Hefner & T. M. Raleigh - A Network of Computers Running the UNIX System 1897 D. M. Ritchie - A Stream Input-Output System I called the circulation desk last week, and asked how one should go about ordering single issues. I was told that AT&T people should submit a purchase order, and outside people should call (800) 432-6600. Both should mention "select code 500-477". I have attempted to transcribe the phone number and select code as they were told to me, but I cannot be certain the information was correct to begin with. If anyone has trouble, please post a followup message. Don't call me. John P. Linderman Contents of Tables and Tables of Contents Department allegra!jpl
jsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) (11/24/84)
The number provided (800-432-6600) is not available from Canada. Could someone call and ask what the regular (non-toll-free) number is? Thanks, Jan Gray (jsgray@watmath.UUCP) University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x3870
jpl@allegra.UUCP (John P. Linderman) (11/25/84)
> The number provided (800-432-6600) is not available from Canada. Could > someone call and ask what the regular (non-toll-free) number is? > Thanks, > Jan Gray (jsgray@watmath.UUCP) University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x3870 You could try (201) 564-2582, which is the circulation desk for the BLTJ here in New Jersey, if you are willing to spring for a long distance call (and thereby contribute to my salary). That's where I called to get the original information. Please do NOT call that number if you can use the 800 number. If you are not in a hurry (which is a good thing to not be in, because the issue seems to have sold out its first printing already), you could write to AT&T Bell Laboratories Circulation Department Room 1E-335 101 J. F. Kennedy Parkway Short Hills, NJ 07078 The blurb in the front of the Journal makes it look like they want payment in US funds, or a check drawn on a US Bank, and made out to the Technical Journal. Unfortunately, they don't say how much they want for the issue, so you may have to exchange a couple of letters. Since a full year (ten issues) costs $35 ($45 foreign), a single issue shouldn't cost too much. John P. Linderman Department of Foreign Affairs allegra!jpl
jjchew@utcs.UUCP (John Chew) (11/26/84)
In article <9987@watmath.UUCP> jsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) writes: > The number provided (800-432-6600) is not available from Canada. Could > someone call and ask what the regular (non-toll-free) number is? I mailed to John Linderman (allegra!jpl) myself and he suggests either phoning the BLTJ circulation desk number of (201) 564-2582 (in N.J.) or (since the first printing has sold out) writing to: > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Circulation Department > Room 1E-335 > 101 J. F. Kennedy Parkway > Short Hills, NJ 07078 -- university of toronto computing services john j. chew, iii {cbosgd,decvax,harpo,ihnp4,utcsrgv,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!jjchew
richard@bigtuna.UUCP (Richard Foulk) (11/26/84)
> The number provided (800-432-6600) is not available from Canada. Could > someone call and ask what the regular (non-toll-free) number is? > The number's no good from Hawaii either -- damn phone company! -- Richard Foulk (..islenet!bigtuna!richard)
jsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) (11/26/84)
>> The number provided (800-432-6600) is not available from Canada. Could >> someone call and ask what the regular (non-toll-free) number is? > >> Thanks, >> Jan Gray (jsgray@watmath.UUCP) University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x3870 >You could try (201) 564-2582, which is the circulation desk for the BLTJ The above number is not for outside orders. The 800 number gets you the AT&T Customer Information Centre in Indianapolis, which is also reachable at (317) 352-8657. In case you want to write, the address is AT&T Customer Information Centre P.O. Box 19901 Indianapolis Indiana 46219 Now for the bad news. Individual copies of the BLTJ sell for $27.00 each. There are small discounts for quantity orders, and no educational discounts. Sigh. Jan Gray (jsgray@watmath.UUCP) University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x3870
al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) (11/26/84)
[Hic sunt dracones] > Now that Doug Gwyn has told us that the Oct 84 issue of the BLTJ is > another special UNIX issue, would someone care to tell us how to order > it from AT&T? Call AT & T Customer Service at (800) 432-6600 and give them a credit card number. It costs $27.00 plus state tax though, which is remarkable, since an annual subscription costs $35. Someone here seems to recall that in the pre-divestiture days, single copies cost two or three dollars. Alan Filipski UNIX group Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ {allegra | ihnp4 } ! sftig ! mot ! al [Gully Foyle's my name, and Terra is my nation...]
Rusty@internet.UUCP (Fe2O3)Haddock <Haddock%ti-csl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> (11/27/84)
I called the 800 number and was given a quote of $27 for the special Unix issue. Also, I asked they had them in stock and said, quite definitely, YES and that it would be shipped within 10-days upon receipt of order. Isn't $27 a bit much since an entire year is only $35??? Maybe I better call back and check that out. Btw, the address I was given to send the money order to is in Indianapolis. -Rusty- -------
dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) (11/27/84)
The Table of Contents is not normally considered to be protected by
copyright. People use and reprint the information they contain all
the time in idexes of various forms. For example, the NESFA Index
to Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies includes,
besides listings by title and author, listings by issue which are
virtually reprints of the ToC and it has never had any problem.
--
+ Donald E. Eastlake, III
ARPA: dee@CCA-UNIX usenet: {decvax,linus}!cca!deeian@loral.UUCP (Ian Kaplan) (11/27/84)
> > The blurb in the front of the Journal makes it look like they want payment > in US funds, or a check drawn on a US Bank, and made out to the Technical > Journal. Unfortunately, they don't say how much they want for the issue, > so you may have to exchange a couple of letters. Since a full year (ten > issues) costs $35 ($45 foreign), a single issue shouldn't cost too much. > > John P. Linderman Department of Foreign Affairs allegra!jpl A number of years ago I ordered the original BLTJ issue on UNIX. As I remember the cost was relatively nominal ($5 or something like that). Given this past experience I assumed that Mr. Linderman was correct in stating that "a single issue shouldn't cost too much. Well I called the number listed in the previous posting which gave the BLTJ table of contents. To my shocked amazement and surprise I was told that the new issue of the BLTJ on UNIX was $27. I gave the "select number" in an attempt to make sure that we were talking about the same thing. It seems that we were. I asked if that price was not perhaps for a year's subscription. I was told that "no, it is the single issue price". Well at least they take major credit cards. Deregulation sure is saving the consumers a lot of money (I better not proceed in this vein or I will have to post this to net.flame). Ian Kaplan Loral Data Flow Group Loral Instrumentation ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc6!loral!ian 8401 Aero Dr. San Diego, CA 92123 (619) 560-5888 x4812
barbaraz@tektools.UUCP (Barbara Zanzig) (11/28/84)
I called the 800 number yesterday. The price is indeed $27, and the address
to send your check to is:
AT&T Technologies
CIC Commercial Sales
P.O. Box 19901
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Ask for "Select Code 500-477".
Barbara Zanzig
{allegra, decvax, ucbvax, ihnp4, ...}!tektronix!tektools!barbarazbill@crystal.UUCP (11/29/84)
> I called the 800 number and was given a quote of $27 for the special > Unix issue. Also, I asked they had them in stock and said, quite > definitely, YES and that it would be shipped within 10-days upon > receipt of order. > > Isn't $27 a bit much since an entire year is only $35??? Maybe > I better call back and check that out. QUICK, send in your $10. for a 1984 calendar year subscription; that's all they do, and since it's still '84 you should be ok. I just renewed last month and got the issue in question about a week or so ago. What you want is the special $10 subscription to the Computing Systems (which are usually misc. issues from part 2 and 3). By the way, does anyone know what this week's price is on the first Unix special issue? William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill -- William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (11/30/84)
> A number of years ago I ordered the original BLTJ issue on UNIX. As I > remember the cost was relatively nominal ($5 or something like that). We did several substantial bulk orders at, I think, $1.50 each; it really was nominal in those days. I doubt that we will do likewise for the BLTJ. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry