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 ==== Release 4.0 ====
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 [[https://gitlab.com/segaloco/pwb4u_man|UNIX User's Manual Release 4.1 3B20S (Reconstruction)]]
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 ==== Release 5.0/System V ====
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+{{:publications:manuals:release_5.0.jpg?direct&400|UNIX Release 5.0 Documents}}
 [[https://archive.org/details/UNIXManRel5|UNIX Release 5.0 User's Manual]]
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 ==== System V R2 ====
+{{:publications:manuals:svr2_early.jpg?direct&400|UNIX System V Release 2 Early Documents}}
+pictured above are early System V R2 documents distributed by Western Electric and AT&T.  The upper left may represent System V R1 or R2, but in any case is targeting the 3B5 computer and presents a cover motif, a large orange square on a grey binder, that is visible in other Western Electric-branded binders of the time concerning UNIX and Documenters Workbench.  In the upper right is a Documenter's Workbench binder displaying the typical motif of other UNIX System V R2 documents distributed publicly by AT&T at the time such as the User's Manuals for the DEC and 3B versions of SVR2.  There were additionally small handbooks such as a vi handbook distributed with a similar grey AT&T death star motif at the time.  Finally, the bottom binder is another Bell Laboratories-specific issue of System V.  This binder is part of a set of 3 and represents the u_man portion of the binder.  System V R2 features the further split-up of the u_man of previous manuals into u_man and p_man (Programmer's Manual) sections distributed separately.  The other two BTL sections, Programmer's and Administrator's have thus far not been located or preserved.
+{{:publications:manuals:svr2_late.jpg?direct&400|UNIX System V Release 2 Late Documents}}
+Pictured above are later System V R2 documents distributed by AT&T.  The left bears a similar red cover motif to the binders AT&T was similarly distributing with 3B computers at the time.  The middle document is a series of HRW-published "UNIX Programmer's Manual" documents, likely harkening back to the Seventh Edition manuals which were published as trade books previously.  Finally, the right volume is part of a three volume set, published in small comb or wire bound form with striking yellow covers, concerning vi, C, and UNIX use in general.  They're terse handbooks designed to be kept at one's desk for easy reference and are referred to on the back of the User's Manual on the left (along with a reference to a User's Guide, which is of a similar appearance to the manual but glue bound and green.)
 ==== System V R3 ====
 ==== System V R4 ====