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

[drio]

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

[drio]

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

[protocolture]

Good Stuff. I wasnt aware of the other 2 posters at all.

[drio]

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.

[fyhn]

Very nice. Learned about `banner`. It'd be nice if zooming the page also zoomed the poster itself.

[GNOMES]

Are there plans to annotate the other two posters?

[drio]

Not at the moment. Do you see a lot of references in the other ones?

[sprior]

Don't leave us hanging, do the other two!