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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4211 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2021 17:10:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Mar 2021 17:10:56 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 95F099B5FF; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:10:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ACE89B550; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:10:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; secure) header.d=blat.at header.i=@blat.at header.b="TvLXnntF"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 70CE79B550; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:10:12 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 585 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:10:09 AEST Received: from pinecone.uffish.net (pinecone.uffish.net [139.162.163.4]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A27DE9B54E for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:10:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from marian.uffish.net (80-109-33-21.cable.dynamic.surfer.at [80.109.33.21]) by pinecone.uffish.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7E8021D9E3; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:00:21 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=blat.at; s=uffish; t=1615482021; bh=7nT9oY57UZFX34RCRgCWNcAIkwwJZl5e7DKn+uZ43II=; h=From:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:Cc:To:References:From; b=TvLXnntFv2xNMAOsoKazLfBUfSLgc7c3AYE9oPYXTcAEPEQZzPM7KV1EhkQ4Oy0M7 gvFqfEiGc+WqMswg0zSuA18aMmyMw8eLKWWJ60y9P7iCPgi+tBxB8TizeReJyKYZlY H1oOYO4eVJ4Ba7df7l2E2qXkjcMRqr2GfYILMtSQC3xaWV5MDp9Q3SZKhYc4acVAA3 KQWCokwUZBb2jLRl88wC6tjXUB+xH94XBTZkcCa6Ze29d+qWTdHafb+3921AGDTYm3 CcUogxEz8xkRlTvhWEM4JE6diRWrdjfsrYIsaA22u3TUcJd3ESwLnul9pbmJRtmUaL 8wIzUwKIMK+MQ== Message-Id: <32AC3AC9-1C57-49A0-8F94-742E9D06FAD9@blat.at> Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_A80B3D0C-D2A6-4C74-84D8-E734D0EECE8E"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.60.0.2.21\)) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:00:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <29c33f36-96f5-b1b8-7c24-7198ca309052@halwitz.org> To: Dan Halbert References: <29c33f36-96f5-b1b8-7c24-7198ca309052@halwitz.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.60.0.2.21) Subject: Re: [TUHS] non-UNIX timesharing at Bell Labs ca 1972? 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: , From: Mike Knell via TUHS Reply-To: Mike Knell Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_A80B3D0C-D2A6-4C74-84D8-E734D0EECE8E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 11.03.2021, at 16:26, Dan Halbert wrote: >=20 > In 1972, while in high school, I went to an Intel seminar on the 8008. = There I met a Bell Labs scientist who gave me a sample 8008 and invited = me for a visit at some NJ Bell Labs facility. That group had a = timesharing system of some kind, but it was not Unix. I was also given a = Bell Labs speech synthesis kit after meeting one of the speech = scientists who happened to be in on the same Saturday. I have searched = my attic but can't find further details. Would any of you alumni recall = what this other timesharing system might have been? Not an alumnus of anything (alas, I am far too young and not clever = enough), but maybe this was GECOS? (Origin of the name of the pw_gecos = field in UNIX..) Mike --Apple-Mail=_A80B3D0C-D2A6-4C74-84D8-E734D0EECE8E Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE63rcTyYbDCIb37nhkcxsj9BQS1YFAmBKTKQACgkQkcxsj9BQ S1ah0BAAwSUao4XekZVOl5LRsETyKx9AtVdjRzCualOX4mrHaIQONFeaI2xE83f8 SOFDD7zx9gIDjJCiIQPqsEnoUlESXYolk1hU9/8D+BEDBHKFATVqCHzsGTuGfNgQ yaW53IYqgSIz7awEqt9z+wRihnZTVnd2RConcS2baczfOdAdGusM/FfejRcRLwGh J5PVrQxxUdhDFJkjccPG543XyyuyoZoxV6D5WeYxUZ6F3/cPiTrioX9yoIDJxQ30 r0/9frb//ynlAzaCWQ5ptY+w98xrlTqsK98ohg0hk5l+/4dpZszV/dtXW6m2UBgs 6gKwiuNrdgBwRxl5prwRcZ0nJJGURYoLd6uIQThu3GGfQMoSohCAoSYLAjSckO4G 2KHMAX6yhRB1O6MZg35oXBm0Kf4VvF4CUSTOh1tfoyEdskCyjmH6WME9zkTw50Un cLFR/WO94EFHZYbGGQglQJ8CA9MzYt4DEouGHXUrghWnZ5vfbNOfU70uil5zdZp/ BVF8tODVPJhu8H6qh+9aItKvBqDQmPJbVR4VU//5dKXbXHcHrh4E/KjPI08gi7Wx Adr3NjugouRIoPpb3Q+Wn3zCQ7Px1MYXZG2UMYDksJvHT3jwuB/d4pVcTCwJKTNY Z/NyR0W+OVZJCyGkneogQsBT9Z/ddpoRwwbaS/TN8jIrhlcT/2Q= =BfCb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_A80B3D0C-D2A6-4C74-84D8-E734D0EECE8E--