From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 19:14:10 +0200 From: Julius Schmidt To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: e8dfae0e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Since you guys might know this, just out of curiosity, is the Blit software (mpx, mpxterm, jim, ...) source code available somewhere? aiju From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:35:01 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit From: Russ Cox To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e8e7ea7e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Julius Schmidt wrote: > Since you guys might know this, just out of curiosity, is the Blit software > (mpx, mpxterm, jim, ...) source code available somewhere? Not exactly the same but the 5620 software is available at http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/att/5620/software/ The dev5620.cpio.Z file has jim source code. It is all apparently GPL-licensed. Oh the irony. Russ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Bruce Ellis Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:57:10 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11467c28d50924054e1b6fde Subject: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bae69956-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a11467c28d50924054e1b6fde Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 --001a11467c28d50924054e1b6fde Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the = labs, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contac= t=C2=A0= smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who is the Associat= ed 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
--001a11467c28d50924054e1b6fde-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Shane Morris Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:42:54 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114717fafc80d9054e1ce9ae Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: baed9bd4-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114717fafc80d9054e1ce9ae Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Dear God, big old working exchanges?! We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? Cheers mate! On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, 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 > --001a114717fafc80d9054e1ce9ae Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear God, big old working exchanges?!

W= e had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, adjustin= g her was punishment detail. Well, it was=C2=A0until they worked out= I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks...
=
I wonder if I am=C2=A0actually allowed into the US th= ese days...? Likely not... perhaps I can see some photos instead?

Cheers mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis <= bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from t= he labs, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to con= tact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org= =C2=A0who is the Associated Curator of the Communications Museum. He g= ave me a tour and I introduced him to games/crabs.

Big old telephone exchanges in= working order are fun!

brucee

--001a114717fafc80d9054e1ce9ae-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Winston Kodogo Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:12:19 +1200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114c977e35f62a054e1d53b5 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb00f832-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114c977e35f62a054e1d53b5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and ask the operator to connect us. On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris wrote: > Dear God, big old working exchanges?! > > We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, > adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked out > I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... > > I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely > not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? > > Cheers mate! > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, 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 >> > > --001a114c977e35f62a054e1d53b5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short = smegs about the Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that th= ey are, promoting new editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the o= ne true editor. But when I was a lad, these many years ago, we did have to = pick up the phone - without dial, there was no dial - wait for the operator= at the Sanderstead exchange and ask the operator to connect us.

On 27 April 2017 at 14= :42, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear God, big old working exc= hanges?!

We had a tiny little relay logic step by step P= ABX at trade school, adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it was=C2=A0until they worked out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to ma= ke party tricks...

I wonder if I am=C2=A0ac= tually allowed into the US these days...? Likely not... perhaps I can see s= ome photos instead?

Cheers mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis <bruce.= ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the lab= s, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact= =C2=A0smj@sdf.= lonestar.org=C2=A0who is the Associated Curator of the Communicati= ons Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him to games/crabs.
Big old teleph= one exchanges in working order are fun!

brucee


--001a114c977e35f62a054e1d53b5-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Prof Brucee Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:27:27 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1140236848b483054e1d8986 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb0762b2-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a1140236848b483054e1d8986 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Your bad fortune. On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" wrote: > Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the Blit > or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new editors > such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a lad, > these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, > there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and > ask the operator to connect us. > > On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris wrote: > >> Dear God, big old working exchanges?! >> >> We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, >> adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked >> out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... >> >> I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely >> not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? >> >> Cheers mate! >> >> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, 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 >>> >> >> > --001a1140236848b483054e1d8986 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Your bad fortune.

On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" &= lt;kodogo@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, s= uch are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the Blit or = "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new ed= itors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when= I was a lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - with= out dial, there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exch= ange and ask the operator to connect us.
On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear God, big old working exchanges?!

<= div>We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, adj= usting her was punishment detail. Well, it was=C2=A0until they worke= d out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks...
=

I wonder if I am=C2=A0actually allowed into the = US these days...? Likely not... perhaps I can see some photos instead?

Cheers mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruc= e Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and othe= r stuff from the labs, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you mig= ht like to contact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who is t= he 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


--001a1140236848b483054e1d8986-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Shane Morris Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:35:03 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1149129a7cf82a054e1da4c5 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb1ae7a6-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a1149129a7cf82a054e1da4c5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history should read about the fall of the Roman Empire a little. But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only the railways was a more thankless job. It is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from time to time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade school department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike a certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW a few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I told him I was "just a dumb tradesman." My eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is. Meanwhile Brucee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Prof Brucee wrote: > Your bad fortune. > > On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" wrote: > >> Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the >> Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new >> editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a >> lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, >> there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and >> ask the operator to connect us. >> >> On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris wrote: >> >>> Dear God, big old working exchanges?! >>> >>> We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, >>> adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked >>> out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... >>> >>> I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely >>> not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? >>> >>> Cheers mate! >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> --001a1149129a7cf82a054e1da4c5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from h= istory should read about the fall of the Roman Empire a little.

But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company aga= in. Only the railways was a more thankless job.

It= is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from time t= o time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade school= department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike a= certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW a= few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I = hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I t= old him I was "just a dumb tradesman."

M= y eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in = the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is.

Meanwhile Bru= cee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday.

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:= 27 PM, Prof Brucee <prof.brucee@gmail.com> wrote:
Your bad fortune.

On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" <kodogo@gmail.com> = wrote:
Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about t= he Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promo= ting new editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true edito= r. But when I was a lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the p= hone - without dial, there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sande= rstead exchange and ask the operator to connect us.

On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Mo= rris <edgecomberts@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear God, big old working exchanges?!
=
We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade = school, adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it was=C2=A0until= they worked out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tric= ks...

I wonder if I am=C2=A0actually allowe= d into the US these days...? Likely not... perhaps I can see some photos in= stead?

Cheers mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis <bruce.= ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the lab= s, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact= =C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who = is the Associated Curator of the Communications Museum. He gave me a tour a= nd I introduced him to games/crabs.

<= span style=3D"font-size:12px">Big old telephone exchanges in working order = are fun!

brucee<= /div>



--001a1149129a7cf82a054e1da4c5-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Prof Brucee Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:49:26 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb222192-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks to you too. Fortunately working in research is perhaps the best part of the telephony system. As for editors, I used sam when I was working at Google. My esteemed coworkers used vim. brucee On 27/04/2017 1:35 PM, "Shane Morris" wrote: > He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history should read > about the fall of the Roman Empire a little. > > But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only > the railways was a more thankless job. > > It is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from > time to time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade > school department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike > a certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW > a few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I > hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I > told him I was "just a dumb tradesman." > > My eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in > the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is. > > Meanwhile Brucee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday. > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Prof Brucee > wrote: > >> Your bad fortune. >> >> On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" wrote: >> >>> Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the >>> Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new >>> editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a >>> lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, >>> there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and >>> ask the operator to connect us. >>> >>> On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris wrote: >>> >>>> Dear God, big old working exchanges?! >>>> >>>> We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, >>>> adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked >>>> out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... >>>> >>>> I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely >>>> not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? >>>> >>>> Cheers mate! >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > --f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks to you too. Fortunately working in research is per= haps the best part of the telephony system. As for editors, I used sam when= I was working at Google. My esteemed coworkers used vim.
=
brucee
On 27/04/2017 1:35 PM, "Shane Morris"= ; <edgecomberts@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history s= hould read about the fall of the Roman Empire a little.

= But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only= the railways was a more thankless job.

It is a li= ttle pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from time to time, = I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade school departm= ent in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike a certain= similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW a few yea= rs back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I hung it = all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I told him = I was "just a dumb tradesman."

My eyes m= ight've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in the year= s to come, and I left again. It is what it is.

Meanwhile Brucee, tha= nks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday.

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, P= rof Brucee <prof.brucee@gmail.com> wrote:
Your bad fortune.

On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM,= "Winston Kodogo" <kodogo@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, such are my limitations, I d= on't give two short smegs about the Blit or "The Labs", Johnn= y come latelelys that they are, promoting new editors such as "ed"= ;. Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a lad, these many ye= ars ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, there was no dial= - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and ask the operator t= o connect us.

On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com= > wrote:
Dear = God, big old working exchanges?!

We had a tiny little re= lay logic step by step PABX at trade school, adjusting her was punishment d= etail. Well, it was=C2=A0until they worked out I actually enjoyed ge= tting the old girl to make party tricks...

I wonde= r if I am=C2=A0actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely no= t... perhaps I can see some photos instead?

Cheers= mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis <= bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from t= he labs, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to con= tact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lon= estar.org=C2=A0who 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



--f403045ea6bcec68d3054e1dd790-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Shane Morris Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:53:36 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113c40e6ce9e5e054e1de607 Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb2895f4-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113c40e6ce9e5e054e1de607 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Research was always fun. I remember helping out with the Optus Flash-192 tests many years ago, giving the senior engineers a bit of a hand patching crap together and all that. Learnt a whole heap out of it. I think we've clocked 100Gbps over a single fibre link now, the -192 was 80Gbps back then. We hit the brick wall and went DWDM after that. I got in on the ground floor of the DWDM theory, loved it. That ended up being implemented in the now stillborn Ruddnet NBN in Oz. I still remember the day we got the Saber FRED laser in from USyd, my TO told me if we flipped her on, we'd black out half of Lidcombe, it'd pull that much juice off the grid. Good times mate. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Prof Brucee wrote: > Thanks to you too. Fortunately working in research is perhaps the best > part of the telephony system. As for editors, I used sam when I was working > at Google. My esteemed coworkers used vim. > > brucee > > On 27/04/2017 1:35 PM, "Shane Morris" wrote: > >> He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history should read >> about the fall of the Roman Empire a little. >> >> But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only >> the railways was a more thankless job. >> >> It is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from >> time to time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade >> school department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike >> a certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW >> a few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I >> hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I >> told him I was "just a dumb tradesman." >> >> My eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in >> the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is. >> >> Meanwhile Brucee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday. >> >> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Prof Brucee >> wrote: >> >>> Your bad fortune. >>> >>> On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" wrote: >>> >>>> Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the >>>> Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new >>>> editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a >>>> lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, >>>> there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and >>>> ask the operator to connect us. >>>> >>>> On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear God, big old working exchanges?! >>>>> >>>>> We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, >>>>> adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked >>>>> out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely >>>>> not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers mate! >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> --001a113c40e6ce9e5e054e1de607 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Research was always fun. I remember helping out with the O= ptus Flash-192 tests many years ago, giving the senior engineers a bit of a= hand patching crap together and all that. Learnt a whole heap out of it. I= think we've clocked 100Gbps over a single fibre link now, the -192 was= 80Gbps back then.

We hit the brick wall and went DWDM a= fter that. I got in on the ground floor of the DWDM theory, loved it. That = ended up being implemented in the now stillborn Ruddnet NBN in Oz. I still = remember the day we got the Saber FRED laser in from USyd, my TO told me if= we flipped her on, we'd black out half of Lidcombe, it'd pull that= much juice off the grid.

Good times mate.

On Thu, Apr 2= 7, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Prof Brucee <prof.brucee@gmail.com> = wrote:
Thanks to you to= o. Fortunately working in research is perhaps the best part of the telephon= y system. As for editors, I used sam when I was working at Google. My estee= med coworkers used vim.

brucee

On 27/04/2017 1:35 PM, "Shane Morris" <edgecomberts@gmai= l.com> wrote:
He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from = history should read about the fall of the Roman Empire a little.

But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company ag= ain. Only the railways was a more thankless job.

I= t is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from time = to time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade schoo= l department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike = a certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW = a few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I= hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I = told him I was "just a dumb tradesman."

= My eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in= the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is.

Meanwhile Br= ucee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday.

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1= :27 PM, Prof Brucee <prof.brucee@gmail.com> wrote:
Your bad fortune.
=
On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo&= quot; <kodogo@gmai= l.com> wrote:
Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short= smegs about the Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that t= hey are, promoting new editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the = one true editor. But when I was a lad, these many years ago, we did have to= pick up the phone - without dial, there was no dial - wait for the operato= r at the Sanderstead exchange and ask the operator to connect us.

On 27 April 2017 at 1= 4:42, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com> wrote:
<= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px= #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear God, big old working ex= changes?!

We had a tiny little relay logic step by step = PABX at trade school, adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it was<= /i>=C2=A0until they worked out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to m= ake party tricks...

I wonder if I am=C2=A0a= ctually allowed into the US these days...? Likely not... perhaps I can see = some photos instead?

Cheers mate!

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 A= M, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit a= nd other stuff from the labs, particularly if you are in the Seattle area, = you might like to contact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who is the= Associated Curator of the Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I i= ntroduced him to games/crabs.

Big old telephone exchanges in working order are = fun!
=
bruce= e




--001a113c40e6ce9e5e054e1de607-- 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 04:12:27 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113977dcd3a48d054e1e2a9c Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb2f9412-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113977dcd3a48d054e1e2a9c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >>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 > --001a113977dcd3a48d054e1e2a9c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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.


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=C2= =A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0wh= o 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 orde= r are fun!

brucee
--001a113977dcd3a48d054e1e2a9c-- 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 15:23:47 +1000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114b33e45c893f054e1f29be Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb578ecc-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114b33e45c893f054e1f29be Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 >> > --001a114b33e45c893f054e1f29be Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I guess Stephen should update his webpage. He's quite = a specialized tinkerer. He built a huge analogue synthesizer for the Smashi= ng Pumpkins, so big the photo he showed me was taken in a car lot. I had te= st 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 stil= l have a working 5630 in storage. It's quite a shame when the labs trie= s to productize a neat invention.

Skip. Have you m= ade a phone call on the 1ESS with it's two storey rails?

=
brucee

On 27 April 2017 at 14:12, Skip Tavakkolian &= lt;skip.tav= akkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
=
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.


=
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 i= f you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact=C2=A0smj@sdf.lonestar.org= =C2=A0who is the Associated Curator of the Communications Museum. He g= ave me a tour and I introduced him to games/crabs.

Big old telephone exchanges in= working order are fun!

brucee

--001a114b33e45c893f054e1f29be-- 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 05:37:38 -0700 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113d7eb41c2712054e253a6f Subject: Re: [9fans] Blit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb60dd42-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113d7eb41c2712054e253a6f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 >>> >> > --001a113d7eb41c2712054e253a6f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Total coincidence: I played on a 5620 yesterday, connected= to a 3B2 running System V. Used jim for the first time since 1985.
-rob


<= div class=3D"gmail_quote">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 lab= s 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 th= read -- droppings?! :) -- I got the impression that smj wasn't at Comm.= Museum anymore.

Coincidentally, =C2=A0on the same= thread I found out that by a series of happy accidents my old 5620 ended u= p in a nice home, restored to its original beauty. The same guy has done so= me amazing restoration of old and exotic computers.


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:57 P= M Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the labs, pa= rticularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact=C2=A0<= span class=3D"m_3971224539666869751m_4352262831698176033m_90575066797870005= 19gmail-il" style=3D"font-family:arial;font-size:12px">smj@sdf.lonestar.org=C2=A0who is the Associated Curator of t= he Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him to games/c= rabs.

= Big old telephone exchanges in working order are fun!

<= div>brucee


--001a113d7eb41c2712054e253a6f-- 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:
=
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.
=

=

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM Br= uce Ellis <br= uce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
=
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!
<= /span>

brucee



--001a114ccf3861dfc7054e257075-- 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




--001a113783be3cd0e2054e25a3f1-- 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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