From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Rob Pike Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 06:07:02 -0700 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113783be3cd0e2054e25a3f1 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb74fa7a-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113783be3cd0e2054e25a3f1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 9600 baud direct connection, in the same room. -rob On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Bruce Ellis 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 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 >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > --001a113783be3cd0e2054e25a3f1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
9600 baud direct connection, in the same room.

-rob


On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Bruce Ellis <br= uce.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=C2=A0- wh= en you were kind enough to let me stay as a house guest. I recall you sayin= g that you used bedbug when writing sam.

Such an enlight= enment after using vi. Was it a 1200 baud modem?

b= rucee

On 27 April 2017 at 22:37, Rob Pike= <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
Total coincidence: I played on a 5620 yesterday, connect= ed 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 s= ynthesizer for the Smashing Pumpkins, so big the photo he showed me was tak= en in a car lot. I had test audio of his S&H module as a ring-tone on m= y old nokia, which drove the nurses in hospital nuts. brucee has epilepsy.<= div>
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 sto= rey rails?

brucee

On 27 April 2017 at 14:12, Skip Tavakkolian = <skip.ta= vakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
From a recent twitter thread -- droppings?! :) -- I got the impressio= n that smj wasn't at Comm. Museum anymore.

Coi= ncidentally, =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 be= auty. The same guy has done some amazing restoration of old and exotic comp= uters.


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wr= ote:
For those interested in t= he Blit and other stuff from the labs, particularly if you are in the Seatt= le area, you might like to contact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who is the Associated Cur= ator of the Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him t= o games/crabs.

Big old telephone exchanges in working order are fun!

brucee




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