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* [COFF] Happy birthday, Jay W. Forrester and 386BSD!
@ 2019-07-14  5:55 dave
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A computer pioneer, he is credited with the invention of core memory; 
fascinating stuff, when you realise that a "read" involves a couple of 
write cycles :-)  Sense windings, etc...

And 386BSD was released on this day in 1992, when William and Lynne Jolitz 
started the Open Source movement; well, that's what my notes say, and 
corrections are welcome (I know that Gilmore likes to take credit for just 
about everything).

-- Dave


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