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Apr 28 20:33 UTC

Show HN: The Unix Magic poster, annotated (updated) (github.com)

60 points|by drio||7 comments|Read full story on github.com
This is a site that maps the references on Gary Overacre's 1980s UNIX Magic poster to short write-ups with sources. I posted an earlier version about a year ago [1]. Since then I rewrote some of the annotations, added deep-linking to individual markers and a frame/sidebar view, gave the site a terminal-style redesign, and fixed historical inaccuracies (daemon etymology, nroff origin, B language vs. Multics, etc.).

Contributions and comments welcome; each marker is a GitHub issue.

site: https://unixmagic.net

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43019136

Comments (7)

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  1. 1. protocolture||context
    Good Stuff. I wasnt aware of the other 2 posters at all.
  2. 2. drio||context
    Me neither. It is fascinating to see the progress from those to the final version. I wish I could speak to the author to learn a bit more about his creative process.
  3. 3. GNOMES||context
    Are there plans to annotate the other two posters?
  4. 4. drio||context
    Not at the moment. Do you see a lot of references in the other ones?
  5. 5. fyhn||context
    Very nice. Learned about `banner`. It'd be nice if zooming the page also zoomed the poster itself.
  6. 6. sprior||context
    Don't leave us hanging, do the other two!
  7. 7. drio||context
    We have some possible new markers, please head over the github repo -- I'd love to hear your thoughts.

    https://github.com/drio/unixmagic/issues