From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47E521259 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2024 00:24:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAB043DE0; Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:24:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 949F143DDF for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:24:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 1464F35E9ED; Fri, 5 Jul 2024 15:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 15:24:40 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: "Charles H Sauer (he/him)" Message-ID: <20240705222440.GS26356@mcvoy.com> References: <20240705213804.550128EDF53C@ary.qy> <20240705214901.GR26356@mcvoy.com> <383b12d9-26bf-4c1e-a1db-b919112e5f42@technologists.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <383b12d9-26bf-4c1e-a1db-b919112e5f42@technologists.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Message-ID-Hash: 5LO54ABHZ4K47S3SGQO6ZZ6HAZFZKPDQ X-Message-ID-Hash: 5LO54ABHZ4K47S3SGQO6ZZ6HAZFZKPDQ X-MailFrom: lm@mcvoy.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: mental architecture models, Anyone ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 05:08:01PM -0500, Charles H Sauer (he/him) wrote: > Assuming you mean the same Kendall Witte that spearheaded Dell SVR4 (https://notes.technologists.com/notes/2008/01/10/a-brief-history-of-dell-unix/), > he is quite fluent in X86 as well. After Dell SVR4 he became prominent in > Dell firmware work. I saw him just over a year ago at a gathering of Dell > "old timers". Yep, that's him. I have fond memories of bring a six pack and an octal dump to his place and him swigging a beer and reading it with ease. Great guy. -- --- Larry McVoy Retired to fishing http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat