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 1fc6f38b for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 06:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8A00C9B906; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:27:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7EED94802; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:27:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8E60594802; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:27:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FAB6947B9 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:27:36 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x8Q6RYn6017934 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:27:35 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id x8Q6RYGq017933; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:27:34 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201909260627.x8Q6RYGq017933@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:27:34 -0600 To: lars@nocrew.org, jsteve@superglobalmegacorp.com References: <201909241945.x8OJjTCX032294@skeeve.com> <7wo8z7zj96.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <0c66d8e5-ef8b-4682-b8a0-281c5c7c0359@PU1APC01FT115.eop-APC01.prod.protection.outlook.com> <7wblv7zid0.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> In-Reply-To: <7wblv7zid0.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Recovered!!! The Georgia Tech Software Tools Subystemfor Prime Computers 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@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > Jason Stevens wrote: > > Oh well, I guess it’s not possible to distribute the emulator? > > From what I hear, the main problem is that it's not possible to > distribute PRIMOS. Which is a shame; it does have Emacs so it must be a > nice operating system. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. It was bizarre and ugly. The only thing that made it anywhere near usable were the Software Tools. There's a reason Prime died pretty quickly once Unix started to spread. The architecture also was strange; the characters used mark parity (8th bit always on). My 2 cents. Arnold