Re: [9fans] Blit

[Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>]

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9600 baud direct connection, in the same room.

-rob


On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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