[Tfug] Saving UNIX from /dev/null

[Bexley Hall]

> Just thought this was kind of interesting, and something TFUGers would
> take an interest in:

[snip]
 
> This [page] reviews the efforts being undertaken to preserve old
> versions of UNIX (both source and binaries), to gather the information
> required to maintain systems running these versions of UNIX, and the
> progress that has been achieved in providing legal access to old UNIX
> source by individuals."
> 
> http://minnie.tuhs.org/Seminars/Saving_Unix/

BitSavers has a largish archive of documentation, etc.

Version 6 of the UNIX kernel was also published in "Lion's
Commentary on UNIX" accompanied by some terse descriptions
(not as "deep" as McKusick's (et al.) text.

I'm still waiting for someone to produce the mutt-licks sources
(even though they'd be highly NON portable -- 36 bit machines??)