From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PLING_QUERY, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id edf4aafb for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B7A529BC57; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:10:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 268029B8B2; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:10:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="fCwMJ7pf"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DE5A29B8B2; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:10:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f177.google.com (mail-pf1-f177.google.com [209.85.210.177]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AE589B844 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:10:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f177.google.com with SMTP id q7so8018382pfh.8 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:10:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4jemFhGYZ1PK9vD84G9enOK3YOiLb5IKJej9LPGf0mA=; b=fCwMJ7pfAQYpPXAmamqc6L4gEBqvHu6lzxXTQ0Ce3dN3ESlxm52XTGBu+9mCdoI+ev kjMj2SBMaRzBOL3iREqPWTtiDqjrvcc83IZnVtFR/jhOGIIGD8ZfXlwxjH/Lcmoc5VL6 ISyIY+CVRCjagg0M6ovvhsTzJxbtj26x4UMxGKJztN0FIJ/CnJ93eU5dMPLoS1tHhbCS LqLsLW8bOUoG/qJxRc9u+EVY+JCasYwirAvBZ3zIhqMEUYnbypTiytGN1hQVlnPZW1bV ni3SY79cVD3n8ojMJKKLnHEvlTHVK5mp5/94N4ouIeSOHWhj7l+GiGAhCrw14lfyxcyT nc3Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4jemFhGYZ1PK9vD84G9enOK3YOiLb5IKJej9LPGf0mA=; b=F0exJXgkUS+7FRyU7KLQUHNvcrSH3j0lHWCTtDE9H1K2aQJX7McZ9AEHugZqJLVgcJ AHJRxbxSKvr7xemBVkfwtZr/AtB6waPU+iy/U8sFoPUnT5dPxF8BXaZo6mPClGWThX3S eKqjcyoLcmaQA81IqdfDAT046BfY52dGQpPK5Ct+okMusQB3zHJVVBZIz0qUvIu94Fai xwk0G2wJZUzxgPOQ1a/m2ZpbGj3Ejbr6EOPlJ0e4/WJ6UPPk9rHFtMyIkecTfG59cRDm evqp8Lwv1502Ad3Pmfg/PaTnMLwxVvfdJeNxaZsJp+GKbCCn81yCx1hUTREUb1u2R0iq 4GTg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXbYIhXGrfa7A4sOylmvNYTBvFEzCTBniDiMi0jAYs2TxOf8v1c ItT6iT+1a4YlRiLNTlBOvg7zkOraSyI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwCl77IpM+2phgq5B+BSBQHXgnWk9z+WLhYy7bS+Kp0hSTWuGKDWCjGVGIs22/AeVh5HSP50Q== X-Received: by 2002:a62:870c:: with SMTP id i12mr23640968pfe.247.1570907412676; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:10:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.42.4] (157-131-110-126.fiber.dynamic.sonic.net. [157.131.110.126]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w6sm15192595pfj.17.2019.10.12.12.10.11 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:10:12 -0700 (PDT) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> <3d9ff257-8505-8792-abcf-fd44846b58f1@lycos.com> <20191012030155.GG3558@mcvoy.com> <7F3CB32A-3D7F-4D49-80CC-C9EEE61DCC68@kdbarto.org> From: Jon Forrest Message-ID: <3171e2de-fa39-2112-f2fc-bd901885962e@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:10:12 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] What was your "Aha, Unix!" moment? 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" I was a new grad student at UC Santa Barbara (where I did my undergrad) in ~1977. Somebody who I had found for my committee had just returned from a stay at Bell Labs, and he told me about this thing called Unix. It sounded very interesting, so I asked around. It turned out that the Computer Center, where all computing was done back then, had a PDP11/45 on which they ran RSTS during the day, and Unix at night. In fact, somebody had created a sign in one of the terminal rooms that said "Oh say can you C by the dawn's early light". which very accurately described my life back then, because I was spending many a night learning C, and was getting used to seeing the dawn's early light while doing so. Not exactly an "Aha" moment, but what I learned from spending these sleepless nights is what got me started on a career that lasted ~40 years. Jon Forrest