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 418 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2021 07:29:30 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 27 Jan 2021 07:29:30 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 547099B7A0; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:29:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7069B720; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:28:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 99DC99B720; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:28:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77FEA9B715 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:28:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 10R7Sme81141592 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:28:48 -0800 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 10R7SmLO1141589 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:28:48 -0800 Message-Id: <202101270728.10R7SmLO1141589@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org In-reply-to: <0a112927-2b0e-12cd-d4cc-a2cb79f58aac@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> References: <20210124183653.GD21030@mcvoy.com> <202101242045.10OKjDvA964774@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20210124211100.GI21030@mcvoy.com> <202101242114.10OLEYGk966708@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20210124212525.GJ21030@mcvoy.com> <202101242333.10ONXjcI974038@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <202101250021.10P0L3Z2976588@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <6557f782-ecb1-6476-1eda-e23f30f9bbea@bitsavers.org> <202101260138.10Q1ceo21049597@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <202101270354.10R3s8Z01128207@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <0a112927-2b0e-12cd-d4cc-a2cb79f58aac! @spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> Comments: In-reply-to Grant Taylor via TUHS message dated "Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:48:56 -0700." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1141587.1611732528.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:28:48 -0800 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] tangential unix question: whatever happened to NeWS? 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" Grant Taylor via TUHS writes: > > On 1/26/21 8:54 PM, Jon Steinhart wrote: > > stuff from V and W > > Um ... I'm showing my (lack of) age and my ignorance here. > > I assume that W is the window system that preceded X. > > But "V"? I've never heard of that. > > Would someone please educate and enlighten this youngin? V is an operating system written at Stanford for the original Stanford University Network Board. It featured very fast synchronous IPC. W is the window system that ran on V. It was porting to UNIX and renamed X, but performed terribly because of the lack of fast synchronous IPC. That got somewhat changed in X11 which was done to try to outcompete NeWS. Jon