From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) 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=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16423 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2020 20:45:57 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Jul 2020 20:45:57 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BB6B994EC0; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:45:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B1594EB8; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:45:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BE36894EB8; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:45:00 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 489 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:45:00 AEST Received: from fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C1F694585 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:45:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 06BKaoH8154049 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2020 13:36:50 -0700 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 06BKaouX154046 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2020 13:36:50 -0700 Message-Id: <202007112036.06BKaouX154046@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-reply-to: <20200711203020.GA1884@minnie.tuhs.org> References: <20200711203020.GA1884@minnie.tuhs.org> Comments: In-reply-to Warren Toomey message dated "Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:30:20 +1000." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <154044.1594499810.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 13:36:50 -0700 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] AT&T Research 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Warren Toomey writes: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 11:36:35AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > > https://spinroot.com/pico/watertower.jpg > > So there's a question. Obviously all the anecdotes I've heard about > Bell Labs have come from Unix people. But there were many others > working and researching there. > > How was the interaction between the Unix people and the non-Unix people > at the Labs? Especially when Unix became "big"? Did the non-Unix people > also pull pranks like the watertower? > > Cheers, Warren That's kind of a strange question. I was never a "UNIX person" when I was there because UNIX just wasn't that big a deal then (versions 3-6). I worked on other stuff, and used UNIX for documentation. I was intrigued and learned a lot more about it, and hung out in the UNIX room late at night because it was the place to be, but UNIX was a negligible blip compared to everything else going on there. Astonishingly enough, people worked on things related (even if tangentially) to telephony. Jon