Nemnich.PDO@Mit-Multics (12/04/82)
Date: 1 December 1982 13:51 est I am doing some research for a TA of a course on operating systems. He is interested in devoting some time to UNIX, and I am helping him find background literature for class materials. What we want are documents which give a good overview of the UNIX system: its history, its philosophy, its internal structure, et cetera. We are not interested in technical manuals. We *are* interested in what makes UNIX interesting, what what makes it unique, what it is good at, and what it lacks. We need the information by the end of the week. Pointers to documents ftp-able from ARPAnet would be wonderful, and published literature cites would be equally appreciated. I am not on the unix-wizards list, so please reply to me directly. Thanks in advance for your help. --Bruce Nemnich, Nemnich@MIT-Multics.ARPA
mark.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay@sri-unix (12/10/82)
From: Mark Weiser <mark.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay> Date: 5 Dec 82 21:33:48 EST (Sun) What you want is either the source code, the secret, elusive and illegal Australian guide to version 6, or The Bell System Technical Journal, July-Aug 1978, Vol 57, No 6, Part 2, available for $2.00 (maybe more now) from Bel Laboratories, Circulation Group, Whippany Road, Whippany, NJ 07981.