From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Bruce Ellis Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:53:08 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114ccf3861dfc7054e257075 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb6c3c8c-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114ccf3861dfc7054e257075 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 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 > 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 >> 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 >>> 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 >>>> >>> >> > --001a114ccf3861dfc7054e257075 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Good old jim. I had a great time writing bedbug (a VAX C d= ebugger) using it - in a weekend with a cockatiel on my shoulder=C2=A0- whe= n 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 enlighte= nment after using vi. Was it a 1200 baud modem?

br= ucee

O= n 27 April 2017 at 22:37, Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote= :
Total coincidence: I p= layed on a 5620 yesterday, connected to a 3B2 running System V. Used jim fo= r the first time since 1985.=

-rob


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Bruce Ellis <bruce.elli= s@gmail.com> wrote:
I guess Stephen should update his webpage. He's quite a speci= alized tinkerer. He built a huge analogue synthesizer for the Smashing Pump= kins, so big the photo he showed me was taken in a car lot. I had test audi= o of his S&H module as a ring-tone on my old nokia, which drove the nur= ses in hospital nuts. brucee has epilepsy.

I still have = a working 5630 in storage. It's quite a shame when the labs tries to pr= oductize a neat invention.

Skip. Have you made a p= hone call on the 1ESS with it's two storey rails?

<= div>brucee

On 27 April 2017 at 14:12, Skip Tavakkolian &= lt;skip.tav= akkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
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From a recent twitter thread -- droppings?! :) -- I got the impression= that smj wasn't at Comm. Museum anymore.

Coin= cidentally, =C2=A0on 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 bea= uty. The same guy has done some amazing restoration of old and exotic compu= ters.
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM Br= uce Ellis <br= uce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
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For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the labs, partic= ularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who is the Associ= ated Curator of the Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduc= ed him to games/crabs.

Big old telephone exchanges in working order are fun!
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brucee



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