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=0.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MISSING_HEADERS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no 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 76cc659c for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:04:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C4D33A1D0B; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:04:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A60A1CE6; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:03:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 29615A1CE6; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:03:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.coastal.cheswick.com (mail.coastal.cheswick.com [50.247.74.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17D3FA1CE1 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:03:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ricinus.local.cheswick.com (unknown [96.93.158.221]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.coastal.cheswick.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9696523865; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:03:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 mail.coastal.cheswick.com 9696523865 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=cheswick.com; s=mail; t=1543431807; bh=CRGBeU1oF/qXUhKn+egflyjAJFe7VKiWFG9AHvlhfow=; h=From:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:Cc:References; b=VaKnWkN3R1mbX1wpxz1DMRSXJmN0kQ2T8f1l8N9JFv/MIid1LeI5TSnGVd9lSlEcF VFtT+DfXErNjZyksfzrkYDc5Fw2iYTUn3YFydXTiKjCvB/wys+wO9RppQiRSu3VOAA W2k5cTkbpMwCzHLIqKGDL8H4E7pqFAgTJlwvfxGuSzOrYvc10/T68Ej5+U1qSvhZnx qrXVeaFL8pValgCd+oAch25kGp12LmCth2jMcau4wbHqluGIqWs7LZ4IWW1a+oSEMe kC5n1G5f8W2SHCahOnO4OCO8V6FXEZHlVVBgDxqadjjVmXJTIhNkn/5wbsQK20xs6i We6mPXu0Zp1KA== From: WIlliam Cheswick Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E72A8EF0-C604-4E59-8325-0C2DC9F4D9CA" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.1 \(3445.101.1\)) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:03:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <20181128025739.GA5701@mcvoy.com> Message-Id: <32C0991D-E4AE-4729-B133-7FB84A0E83E1@cheswick.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.101.1) Subject: Re: [TUHS] In Memoriam: J.F.Ossanna X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_E72A8EF0-C604-4E59-8325-0C2DC9F4D9CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:08 PM, Paul Winalski = wrote: >=20 >> a version of azel was maintained all the time >> i was at bell labs. we used it to predict >> eclipses, transits, occultations etc. when >> we first got a voice synthesizer, the day's >> predictions were spoken at 5pm in case >> there was anything interesting. Was this the source or inspiration for astro(1)? Ken=E2=80=99s astro = was run daily to announce things in the Unix room, and in my home up until recently to time = turning on the lights in the evening. (My home still does the Unix-room style astro announcements, = but in the morning at 8:05). It is available in the Plan 9 for Unix stuff = (https://codeload.github.com/9fans/plan9port/zip/master = ) ches --Apple-Mail=_E72A8EF0-C604-4E59-8325-0C2DC9F4D9CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On = Nov 28, 2018, at 12:08 PM, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com> wrote:

a = version of azel was maintained all the time
i was at bell = labs. we used it to predict
eclipses, transits, = occultations etc. when
we first got a voice synthesizer, = the day's
predictions were spoken at 5pm in case
there was anything interesting.

Was this the source or inspiration for astro(1)? =  Ken=E2=80=99s astro was run daily to announce
things in the Unix room, and in my home up until recently to = time turning on the lights in the
evening. =  (My home still does the Unix-room style astro announcements, but = in the morning
at 8:05).

It is available in the Plan 9 for Unix = stuff (https://codeload.github.com/9fans/plan9port/zip/master)


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