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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28485 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2021 02:18:24 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Dec 2021 02:18:24 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 348B69CEAB; Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:18:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E9D9CC01; Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:18:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3DE469CC01; Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:18:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFAFA9CC00 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:18:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 894B235E0B1; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 18:18:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 18:18:05 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Adam Sampson Message-ID: <20211223021805.GK24180@mcvoy.com> References: <818A6F70-D117-471A-9E08-E37B34F8FAE0@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Photos of University Computer Labs 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: Alexander Jacocks via TUHS Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 01:30:38AM +0000, Adam Sampson wrote: > Alexander Jacocks via TUHS writes: > > > I???m looking for photographs of university computer labs from 1985 > > until 1995, particularly labs full of unix workstations, of > > course. Does anyone here have photos like that in their collection? > > Here's a computer lab at Dundee Institute of Technology (now Abertay > University), Dundee, Scotland around 1985: > > http://stuff.offog.org/dct/torch-lab-c1985.jpg > > It's unlikely that there was any Unix involved in that picture -- the > Torch machines pictured are modified BBC Micros with a Z80 coprocessor > so they can run a CP/M clone, and DIT's computer centre had a TOPS-20 > system and several VMS machines at that point. The terminal rooms bring back memories. I learned *so* much looking over someone else's shoulder and going "how did you make vi do that?". The CP/M machines bring back different memories, using that and BDS C because an 11/780 with 4MB of ram and 40 users meant each user was getting 1KB so it swapped and swapped and swapped. 128K less the space for video on a CP/M machine was slower when you had the VAX to yourself (as in never) and much faster in general. Wrote a boatload of funky C code on my CP/M machine. More lonely but more productive code wise. --lm