* [9fans] Blit @ 2017-04-27 0:57 Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 2:42 ` Shane Morris 2017-04-27 4:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian 0 siblings, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Bruce Ellis @ 2017-04-27 0:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 342 bytes --] 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 [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 846 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 0:57 [9fans] Blit Bruce Ellis @ 2017-04-27 2:42 ` Shane Morris 2017-04-27 3:12 ` Winston Kodogo 2017-04-27 4:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian 1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Shane Morris @ 2017-04-27 2:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 827 bytes --] 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 <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 > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1749 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 2:42 ` Shane Morris @ 2017-04-27 3:12 ` Winston Kodogo 2017-04-27 3:27 ` Prof Brucee 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Winston Kodogo @ 2017-04-27 3:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1348 bytes --] 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 <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* 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 <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 >> > > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2654 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 3:12 ` Winston Kodogo @ 2017-04-27 3:27 ` Prof Brucee 2017-04-27 3:35 ` Shane Morris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Prof Brucee @ 2017-04-27 3:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1487 bytes --] 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 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 <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* 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 <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 >>> >> >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3128 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 3:27 ` Prof Brucee @ 2017-04-27 3:35 ` Shane Morris 2017-04-27 3:49 ` Prof Brucee 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Shane Morris @ 2017-04-27 3:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2543 bytes --] 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 <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 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 <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* 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 <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 >>>> >>> >>> >> [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 4695 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 3:35 ` Shane Morris @ 2017-04-27 3:49 ` Prof Brucee 2017-04-27 3:53 ` Shane Morris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Prof Brucee @ 2017-04-27 3:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2903 bytes --] 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" <edgecomberts@gmail.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 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 <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 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 <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* 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 <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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 5449 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 3:49 ` Prof Brucee @ 2017-04-27 3:53 ` Shane Morris 0 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Shane Morris @ 2017-04-27 3:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3744 bytes --] 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 <prof.brucee@gmail.com> 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" <edgecomberts@gmail.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 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 <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 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 <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* 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 <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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 6830 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 0:57 [9fans] Blit Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 2:42 ` Shane Morris @ 2017-04-27 4:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian 2017-04-27 5:23 ` Bruce Ellis 1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2017-04-27 4:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 792 bytes --] >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 > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1597 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 4:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian @ 2017-04-27 5:23 ` Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 12:37 ` Rob Pike 2017-04-27 15:34 ` Skip Tavakkolian 0 siblings, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Bruce Ellis @ 2017-04-27 5:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1438 bytes --] 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 >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2719 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 5:23 ` Bruce Ellis @ 2017-04-27 12:37 ` Rob Pike 2017-04-27 12:53 ` Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 15:34 ` Skip Tavakkolian 1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Rob Pike @ 2017-04-27 12:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1718 bytes --] 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 >>> >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3418 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 12:37 ` Rob Pike @ 2017-04-27 12:53 ` Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 13:07 ` Rob Pike 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Bruce Ellis @ 2017-04-27 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2168 bytes --] 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 >>>> >>> >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 4392 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 12:53 ` Bruce Ellis @ 2017-04-27 13:07 ` Rob Pike 0 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Rob Pike @ 2017-04-27 13:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2378 bytes --] 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 >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 5126 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2017-04-27 5:23 ` Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 12:37 ` Rob Pike @ 2017-04-27 15:34 ` Skip Tavakkolian 1 sibling, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2017-04-27 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1731 bytes --] 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 <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 >>> >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3298 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* [9fans] Blit @ 2011-05-24 17:14 Julius Schmidt 2011-05-24 17:35 ` Russ Cox 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Julius Schmidt @ 2011-05-24 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Since you guys might know this, just out of curiosity, is the Blit software (mpx, mpxterm, jim, ...) source code available somewhere? aiju ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Blit 2011-05-24 17:14 Julius Schmidt @ 2011-05-24 17:35 ` Russ Cox 0 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Russ Cox @ 2011-05-24 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Julius Schmidt <aiju@phicode.de> 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2017-04-27 15:34 UTC | newest] Thread overview: 15+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed) -- links below jump to the message on this page -- 2017-04-27 0:57 [9fans] Blit Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 2:42 ` Shane Morris 2017-04-27 3:12 ` Winston Kodogo 2017-04-27 3:27 ` Prof Brucee 2017-04-27 3:35 ` Shane Morris 2017-04-27 3:49 ` Prof Brucee 2017-04-27 3:53 ` Shane Morris 2017-04-27 4:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian 2017-04-27 5:23 ` Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 12:37 ` Rob Pike 2017-04-27 12:53 ` Bruce Ellis 2017-04-27 13:07 ` Rob Pike 2017-04-27 15:34 ` Skip Tavakkolian -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below -- 2011-05-24 17:14 Julius Schmidt 2011-05-24 17:35 ` Russ Cox
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