Really cool "tech blast from the past":
Back in 1969 AT&T Bell Labs developed a groundbreaking family of multitasking, multi-user operating systems called UNIX - known for its robustness, flexibility, & influential design principles like hierarchical file system & command-line interface
Only 2 yrs later 💻
#OTD in 1971 they released the first ever programmer's manual for this iconic OS
Incredibly,
#Unix is still widely used today in enterprise data centers & supercomputers. It's the foundation for other major operating systems like macOS, iOS, Android, etc
✨As a matter of fact, when I was doing
#VFX work at the big
#Hollywood studios (like
#DigitalDomain,
#Disney, etc) I was among the rare staff artists who actually knew & used actual UNIX coding in my work😉...
The original legasy OS was not only important, but nowadays really makes us appreciate how lucky we are to have the
#tech we now have & how extremely RAPIDLY we've managed to progress
In the repost below is a link to the
Feb 1973 Third Edition of this manual - downloadable as a FREE PDF file - so make sure to check it out & take a fascinating & appreciative peek into our tech past...
#computer #ufoX #uap #technology