From steve at quintile.net Mon Nov 8 16:44:52 2004 From: steve at quintile.net (Steve Simon) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:44:52 0000 Subject: [TUHS] wwb Message-ID: <6fbf350c4c842c0fab3d1f892b696f5f@quintile.net> Hi, Anyone know the status of the writers workbench (WWB) which was a seperate package even in System III days I think. I know about style and diction which was shipped with BSD4.1 which (again wooly memory) was an early subset of the whole wwb package. I was hoping to compile it up and use it to help me improve my written English! -Steve From arnold at skeeve.com Mon Nov 8 22:47:45 2004 From: arnold at skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:47:45 +0200 Subject: [TUHS] wwb Message-ID: <200411081247.iA8CljYI006465@skeeve.com> I once asked Brian Kernighan about style and diction. His response was rather uncomplimentary; it's net meaning was "don't bother with them". As I recall, wwb was style, diction, maybe one or two other related programs, and the ditroff suite: troff, tbl, eqn, pic, and various macro packages. For the troff stuff, you're better off with groff, anyway. Arnold > From: "Steve Simon" > Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:44:52 0000 > To: tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org > > Hi, > > Anyone know the status of the writers workbench (WWB) > which was a seperate package even in System III days > I think. > > I know about style and diction which was shipped with BSD4.1 > which (again wooly memory) was an early subset of the > whole wwb package. > > I was hoping to compile it up and use it to help me > improve my written English! > > -Steve From txomsy at yahoo.es Wed Nov 17 01:53:32 2004 From: txomsy at yahoo.es (Jose R. Valverde) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:32 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] Ultrix from CD on SIMH Message-ID: <20041116165332.5ae15a0b.txomsy@yahoo.es> Has anybody succeeded installing Ultrix v4.4/4.5 for the VAX on SIMH from DEC CD-ROM distribution? I've been trying but when it goes to device detection it always turns up with an empty list. I mean, the install kernel boots, detects the virtual hard disk and the CD-ROM, the install program starts and reaches the installation menu (options for BASIC or ADVANCED) and it's then, when choosing any option that it does not detect any suitable install device. It's been about 10 years since last I installed Ultrix on a VAX and to be true, I can hardly remember all the details involved. It this doesn't work, I'll try to go back to legacy tapes (if I can still find any around). j -- These opinions are mine and only mine. Hey man, I saw them first! José R. Valverde De nada sirve la Inteligencia Artificial cuando falta la Natural -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jfoust at threedee.com Wed Nov 17 02:20:26 2004 From: jfoust at threedee.com (John Foust) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:20:26 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] Old USENET Source Code available In-Reply-To: <200409261009.i8QA9Ajt020336@skeeve.com> References: <200409261009.i8QA9Ajt020336@skeeve.com> Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20041116100841.05442bc8@pc> At 04:09 AM 9/26/2004, Aharon Robbins wrote: >A few weeks ago, in a fit of nostalgia, I decided to gather together >a personal copy of the various Usenet source groups as still available >at places like gatekeeper.dec.com and ftp.uu.net. The result is >a collection of six newsgroups, net.sources, and then >comp.sources.{games,misc,x,unix,reviewed}. Consider giving a copy to Google. Back in August 2000 they were looking for old Usenet news archive CDs such as those from Sterling Software, pre-dating 1995. At the time, I pointed a few leads to and exchanged a few messages with Michael Schmitt . This applies to anyone with old backup tapes of Usenet news, of course. - John From tih at hamartun.priv.no Mon Nov 22 06:05:04 2004 From: tih at hamartun.priv.no (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:05:04 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] Ultrix from CD on SIMH In-Reply-To: <20041116165332.5ae15a0b.txomsy@yahoo.es> (Jose R. Valverde's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:32 +0100") References: <20041116165332.5ae15a0b.txomsy@yahoo.es> Message-ID: "Jose R. Valverde" writes: > I've been trying but when it goes to device detection it always turns > up with an empty list. I mean, the install kernel boots, detects the > virtual hard disk and the CD-ROM, the install program starts and reaches > the installation menu (options for BASIC or ADVANCED) and it's then, > when choosing any option that it does not detect any suitable install > device. I know that I figured out, a number of years back, how to install Ultrix on non-supported media. It involved aborting the install, editing the install script to "recognize" the target media, and then restarting the script. You might want to experiment with this... -tih -- Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity. --Niles Crane, "Frasier"