From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Prof Brucee Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:49:26 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb222192-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks to you too. Fortunately working in research is perhaps the best part of the telephony system. As for editors, I used sam when I was working at Google. My esteemed coworkers used vim. brucee On 27/04/2017 1:35 PM, "Shane Morris" wrote: > He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history should read > about the fall of the Roman Empire a little. > > But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only > the railways was a more thankless job. > > It is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from > time to time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade > school department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike > a certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW > a few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I > hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I > told him I was "just a dumb tradesman." > > My eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in > the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is. > > Meanwhile Brucee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday. > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Prof Brucee > wrote: > >> Your bad fortune. >> >> On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" wrote: >> >>> Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the >>> Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new >>> editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a >>> lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, >>> there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and >>> ask the operator to connect us. >>> >>> On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris wrote: >>> >>>> Dear God, big old working exchanges?! >>>> >>>> We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, >>>> adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked >>>> out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... >>>> >>>> I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely >>>> not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? >>>> >>>> Cheers mate! >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the labs, >>>>> particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact >>>>> smj@sdf.lonestar.org who is the Associated Curator of the >>>>> Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him to >>>>> games/crabs. >>>>> >>>>> Big old telephone exchanges in working order are fun! >>>>> >>>>> brucee >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > --f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks to you too. Fortunately working in research is per= haps the best part of the telephony system. As for editors, I used sam when= I was working at Google. My esteemed coworkers used vim.
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brucee
On 27/04/2017 1:35 PM, "Shane Morris"= ; <edgecomberts@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history s= hould read about the fall of the Roman Empire a little.

= But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only= the railways was a more thankless job.

It is a li= ttle pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from time to time, = I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade school departm= ent in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike a certain= similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW a few yea= rs back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I hung it = all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I told him = I was "just a dumb tradesman."

My eyes m= ight've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in the year= s to come, and I left again. It is what it is.

Meanwhile Brucee, tha= nks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday.

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, P= rof Brucee <prof.brucee@gmail.com> wrote:
Your bad fortune.

On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM,= "Winston Kodogo" <kodogo@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, such are my limitations, I d= on't give two short smegs about the Blit or "The Labs", Johnn= y come latelelys that they are, promoting new editors such as "ed"= ;. Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a lad, these many ye= ars ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, there was no dial= - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and ask the operator t= o connect us.

On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com= > wrote:
Dear = God, big old working exchanges?!

We had a tiny little re= lay logic step by step PABX at trade school, adjusting her was punishment d= etail. Well, it was=C2=A0until they worked out I actually enjoyed ge= tting the old girl to make party tricks...

I wonde= r if I am=C2=A0actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely no= t... perhaps I can see some photos instead?

Cheers= mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis <= bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from t= he labs, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to con= tact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lon= estar.org=C2=A0who is the Associated Curator of the Communications= Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him to games/crabs.
=
Big old telephone= exchanges in working order are fun!

brucee



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