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Because it would be fun to have, I am fairly tempted to print off the source code [0] into a nice book to sit on my shelf. In a lot of ways, I miss the old gian
by shakna 6y ago
Because it would be fun to have, I am fairly tempted to print off the source code [0] into a nice book to sit on my shelf. In a lot of ways, I miss the old giant manuals that actually explain why things work the way they do instead of everything being a black box... But I don't really miss distributing source code in book form to manually re-type by hand.
[0] https://www.singlix.com/runix/runix8086/Retro%20UNIX%208086%20v1%20-%20Kernel%20Source%20Code.pdf https://www.singlix.com/runix/runix8086/Retro%20UNIX%208086%...
- elvis70 6y agoMemories. I used to wallpaper my teenage bedroom with listings of programs written in 8086 assembly printed with the Epson FX-80.
- microtherion 6y agoLions' Commentary on UNIX is available in print, and has excellent explanations (though it covers v6 UNIX, not v1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions%27_Commentary_on_UNIX_6th_Edition,_with_Source_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions%27_Commentary_on_UNIX_6t...