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Plan 9 First Edition Documents

Here are some of the most interesting papers from First Edition which were not included in subsequent editions.

• Designing Plan 9 - Bell Labs' Plan 9 research project looks to tomorrow by Rob Pike, Dave Presotto, Ken Thompson, and Howard Trickey.
• Help: A Minimalist Global User Interface by Rob Pike
• Circuit Design Aids (CDA) on Plan 9 by A. G. Hume, M. Kahrs, T. J. Killian.
• The complete Plan 9 from Bell Labs Programmer's Manual First Edition: pdf and PostScript