From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Skip Tavakkolian Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:34:30 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114ff44c024ba7054e27b25c Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb7bd9f8-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114ff44c024ba7054e27b25c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I remember Stephen doing a demo call through the 1ESS. I thought we had a 9fans field trip to the museum during IWP9 2010 (but can't recall exactly). On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:24 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 >>> >> > --001a114ff44c024ba7054e27b25c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I remember Stephen doing a demo call through the 1ESS. I t= hought we had a 9fans field trip to the museum during IWP9 2010 (but can= 9;t recall exactly).

On = Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:24 PM Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
I guess Stephen should update his webpage. H= e'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.

Sk= ip. Have you made a phone call on the 1ESS with it's two storey rails?<= /div>

brucee

<= div class=3D"gmail_quote">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.

<= /div>
Coincidentally, =C2=A0on the same thread I found out that by a se= ries of happy accidents my old 5620 ended up in a nice home, restored to it= s original beauty. The same guy has done some amazing restoration of old an= d 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 Sea= ttle area, you might like to contact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org= =C2=A0who is the Associated Curator of the Communications Museum. He gave m= e a tour and I introduced him to games/crabs.

Big old telephone exchanges in wo= rking order are fun!

brucee

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