From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 0bc8f2c8 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 00E3494FC7; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:53:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A8F94FBA; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:53:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B72C394FB8; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:53:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from frenzy.freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CEA694FB7 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:53:09 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by frenzy.freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x0H6r4AF017204 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:53:05 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id x0H6r24f017203; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:53:02 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201901170653.x0H6r24f017203@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:53:02 -0700 To: ggm@algebras.org, crossd@gmail.com References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [TUHS] UREP - Unix RSCS Emulation Program X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Dan Cross wrote: > Interesting. When I was in high school in central Pennsylvania and begging, > borrowing (and yeah a little stealing) computer time from Penn State > systems, there was a CS professor who'd made his bones building something > called UREP: Unix RSCS Emulation Program. ... > > What's notable about that, to me, was that he wrote UREP for DG/UX and was > known to be fond of Data General machines. This let him talk to the > university's mainframe, which was run by the computer center, ran VM, and > was the major compute engine on campus at the time outside of specially > purchased machines supporting research. There was a Cray somewhere on > campus, for example, but that was purchased out of research funds and > wasn't generally accessible. It also let Unix machines participate on > BITNET, which was a big deal locally at the time (probably because of the > close association with mainframes). .... In the mid-1980s I was a sys admin at the Emory U Computing Center and we ran UREP on our vaxen in order to be able to send and receive BITNET mail. It was kind of cute to watch your messages traveling the world, as you got an interactive message back for each site it traversed on its way to its final destination. BUT, the code was miserable. I had to make some changes to it (don't remember why), but EVERY time I had to dive into it, I hated it. I used to say that I felt like I needed a shower afterwards. Arnold