This repository contains the source code and related files from one of the first versions of the text editor Emacs from late 1976, with a couple files from 1977. This version of the software was created by Richard Stallman, Guy Steele, and David Moon, with contributions from other MIT AI lab members. The files available in this repo are a part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tapes of Tech Square (ToTS) collection at the MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC).
The files within this directory are the Emacs specific files from 6 different tape image files in the ToTS collection. Files are from ITS backup tapes. Files were originally created on PDP-10 timeshare computers running the ITS operating system.
Files were extracted from the tape images using the itstar program. The filenames have been adapted to Unix conventions, as per the itstar translation. The original filename syntax would be formatted like, EMACS; EMACS DOC, for example. All files have been placed into this artificial emacs directory for organizational purposes. The files extracted from the tape images were put into sub-folders with a corresponding name to the tapes listed in the tapeimagelist.txt file. Files in the 7005015 folder are from the pre-extracted set done by MIT CSAIL in 2011.
This file is metadata about the Emacs files, using the CodeMeta Project schema.
This file describes the details about the rights to these files. See Rights for additional information.
This file is the readme detailing the content and context for this repository.
A file tree listing the files in the emacs directory showing the original file timestamps as extracted from the tape images. Since the 7005015 folder comes from CSAIL extracted data, some modified dates show 2011, but they most likely orginated around the same time in 1976 as the other files in that folder.
A list of all the tape images and their paths in the ToTS collection that these files came from.
[filename], Emacs source code and files, 1976-1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tapes of Tech Square (ToTS) collection, MC-0741. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts. swh:1:dir:418589325db0fde65fd5593d8c1e669e4236bcac
To the extent that MIT holds rights in these files, they are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. See the LICENSE file for more information. Any questions about permissions should be directed to permissions-lib@mit.edu
Thanks to Eric Swenson for help with identifying these files.