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


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