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, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27818 invoked from network); 9 Apr 2022 10:47:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Apr 2022 10:47:08 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 494D59D741; Sat, 9 Apr 2022 20:46:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5749D680; Sat, 9 Apr 2022 20:46:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C803A9D680; Sat, 9 Apr 2022 20:46:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from relay05.pair.com (relay05.pair.com [216.92.24.67]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4336B9D665 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2022 20:46:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (unknown [87.112.3.87]) by relay05.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3CB61A28A4 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2022 06:46:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (orac.inputplus.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by orac.inputplus.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F8321EE0 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2022 11:46:13 +0100 (BST) To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society From: Ralph Corderoy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-reply-to: <3ECF77E9-232D-468E-9F85-2CA8026505C5@humeweb.com> References: <3ECF77E9-232D-468E-9F85-2CA8026505C5@humeweb.com> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:46:13 +0100 Message-Id: <20220409104613.15F8321EE0@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Subject: Re: [TUHS] Sad News - we last two wonderful people in the past few weeks. 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" Hi, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Eventually DEC Field Circus stopped replacing GT-40 switch registers > if they'd suspected that they were used for playing it :-) Andrew Hume wrote: > i do remember the DEC engineers being bothered about replacing the > registers. There's nothing at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Lander_(video_game_genre)#Lunar_Lander_(1973) about the switch registers being worn by playing Burness's Moonlander. What's the connection? There are a couple of links from that section to interesting pages with quotes from Burness, https://www.acriticalhit.com/moonlander-one-giant-leap-for-game-design https://www.technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/ which include a photo that's captioned as Burness and Moonlander from circa '74: https://www.acriticalhit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/unnamed-LG-2.png -- Cheers, Ralph.