From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] any vga driver gurus about? Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:15:23 +0100 From: nigel@9fs.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-rvzkkdjfftlcukunlpabnltnkj" Message-Id: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0e09cec0-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-rvzkkdjfftlcukunlpabnltnkj Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I remember the strap line for the original ads. for AIX. It was something like "we've added a 1000000 lines of code to make Unix better". Clearly a misunderstanding of what fat farms are for. --upas-rvzkkdjfftlcukunlpabnltnkj Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from finch-punt-12.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.36]) by cpu; Mon Sep 25 22:15:26 BST 2000 Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ngr@cotswold.demon.co.uk id 969916459:10:29835:1; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:14:19 GMT Received: from hearno.cyberware.co.uk ([194.74.221.2]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1123696; 25 Sep 2000 21:14 GMT Received: from mail (postfix@psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.6]) by hearno.cyberware.co.uk (8.9.1b+Sun/8.7.2) with ESMTP id WAA18581 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:13:21 +0100 (BST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (unknown [130.203.20.6]) by mail (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id B3D46199DD; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:14:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from camus.cybercable.fr (camus.cybercable.fr [212.198.0.200]) by mail (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id 41C24199DF for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:12:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 3003571 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2000 21:12:38 -0000 Received: from r197m137.cybercable.tm.fr (HELO jake) ([195.132.197.137]) (envelope-sender ) by camus.cybercable.fr (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; 25 Sep 2000 21:12:38 -0000 Message-ID: <00d501c02735$0de5fc60$89c584c3@cybercable.fr> From: "Boyd Roberts" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: Subject: Re: [9fans] any vga driver gurus about? Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:10:38 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the O/S Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> this is a bit off topic, but i ran into these two IBM suit wearing type in a paris the other night in a bar called 'barfly' (av george v, just off the champs elysees). somehow, during the second whisky sour, i got talking to them. unix was mentioned and one of them claimed that it was written by IBM. needless to say, they didn't live very long :-) --upas-rvzkkdjfftlcukunlpabnltnkj--