Re: [9fans] Blit

[Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>]

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Good old jim. I had a great time writing bedbug (a VAX C debugger) using it
- in a weekend with a cockatiel on my shoulder - when you were kind enough
to let me stay as a house guest. I recall you saying that you used bedbug
when writing sam.

Such an enlightenment after using vi. Was it a 1200 baud modem?

brucee

On 27 April 2017 at 22:37, Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Total coincidence: I played on a 5620 yesterday, connected to a 3B2
> running System V. Used jim for the first time since 1985.
>
> -rob
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I guess Stephen should update his webpage. He's quite a specialized
>> tinkerer. He built a huge analogue synthesizer for the Smashing Pumpkins,
>> so big the photo he showed me was taken in a car lot. I had test audio of
>> his S&H module as a ring-tone on my old nokia, which drove the nurses in
>> hospital nuts. brucee has epilepsy.
>>
>> I still have a working 5630 in storage. It's quite a shame when the labs
>> tries to productize a neat invention.
>>
>> Skip. Have you made a phone call on the 1ESS with it's two storey rails?
>>
>> brucee
>>
>> On 27 April 2017 at 14:12, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From a recent twitter thread -- droppings?! :) -- I got the impression
>>> that smj wasn't at Comm. Museum anymore.
>>>
>>> Coincidentally,  on the same thread I found out that by a series of
>>> happy accidents my old 5620 ended up in a nice home, restored to its
>>> original beauty. The same guy has done some amazing restoration of old and
>>> exotic computers.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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