* [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs [not found] <CAAOGWQgNqpPpjwduVB3_gAOgCSvwp3qew1CQqn1Ho=5KgmZUjg@mail.gmail.com> @ 2020-12-23 23:28 ` Warren Toomey 2020-12-23 23:30 ` Al Kossow 2020-12-23 23:38 ` Warner Losh 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Warren Toomey @ 2020-12-23 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tuhs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 905 bytes --] All, a while back Tom Lyon sent me the following e-mail and I'd been sitting on my hands, but I've finally placed these two theses in the Unix Archive at https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Theses/ Thanks Tom! Cheers, Warren -------- Forwarded Message -------- Hi, Warren - as you may know, Bill Shannon and Sam Leffler ported UNIX to the Harris /6 minicomputer at Case Western. Bill passed away this summer - you may have seen his epic farewell message. Anyways, that prompted me to get the CWRU librarians to scan copies of Shannon's and Leffler's theses where they describe the work. It took a while due to Covid, but I have them now (attached). There is a copyright disclaimer at the end of each, but it allows for research purposes, which is all that I can imagine this being used for. Please give them a home in the archives, and announce as you please. - Tom [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2795 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs 2020-12-23 23:28 ` [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs Warren Toomey @ 2020-12-23 23:30 ` Al Kossow 2020-12-23 23:38 ` Warner Losh 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Al Kossow @ 2020-12-23 23:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tuhs On 12/23/20 3:28 PM, Warren Toomey wrote: > All, a while back Tom Lyon sent me the following e-mail and I'd been sitting on my hands, but I've finally placed these two theses in the > Unix Archive at https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Theses/ RIP Bill It would be nice if this port could be found, though I'm not very hopeful There isn't a lot of Harris 24-bit software out there. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs 2020-12-23 23:28 ` [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs Warren Toomey 2020-12-23 23:30 ` Al Kossow @ 2020-12-23 23:38 ` Warner Losh 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Warner Losh @ 2020-12-23 23:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Warren Toomey; +Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1055 bytes --] Are the sources for this work available? Warner On Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 4:29 PM Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org> wrote: > All, a while back Tom Lyon sent me the following e-mail and I'd been > sitting on my hands, but I've finally placed these two theses in the Unix > Archive at https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Theses/ > > Thanks Tom! > > Cheers, Warren > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Warren - as you may know, Bill Shannon and Sam Leffler ported UNIX to > the Harris /6 minicomputer at Case Western. > > Bill passed away this summer - you may have seen his epic farewell > message. Anyways, that prompted me to get the CWRU librarians to scan > copies of Shannon's and Leffler's theses where they describe the work. It > took a while due to Covid, but I have them now (attached). > > There is a copyright disclaimer at the end of each, but it allows for > research purposes, which is all that I can imagine this being used for. > > Please give them a home in the archives, and announce as you please. > - Tom > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3072 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs @ 2020-12-24 1:36 Noel Chiappa 2020-12-24 15:03 ` Larry McVoy 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Noel Chiappa @ 2020-12-24 1:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tuhs; +Cc: jnc > Bill passed away this summer - you may have seen his epic farewell > message. Anyone have a copy of this? I did a Web search, but all I could find was the Subject line ("public static final void goodbye ()"). holding back the night with its increasing brilliance the summer moon -- Yoshitoshi's death poem Noel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [TUHS] Fwd: For the archives: UNIX/24V for the Harris /6 Docs 2020-12-24 1:36 Noel Chiappa @ 2020-12-24 15:03 ` Larry McVoy 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Larry McVoy @ 2020-12-24 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Noel Chiappa; +Cc: tuhs On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 08:36:18PM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > Bill passed away this summer - you may have seen his epic farewell > > message. > > Anyone have a copy of this? I did a Web search, but all I could find was the > Subject line ("public static final void goodbye ()"). A sad message. I "worked" with Bill, fought with Bill is more like it, but we were on the same side, we both wanted what was best for Sun's customers, we just didn't always agree on what that was. As much as I fought with him, there were many times I wanted to quit and what kept me there was I didn't want Bill to be fighting alone. He was a great guy. From: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@oracle.com> Subject: public static final void goodbye() { /**NORETURN*/ }* Date: May 30, 2020 at 11:51:04 PM EDT To: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@oracle.com> A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with a rare abdominal tumor that turned out to be cancer. ??For almost a year we believed surgery had removed it completely, but such was not to be the case. ??I've spent 6 months fighting a losing cause with chemo, and it's now clear that fight is coming to an end. I've worked with so many amazing people, on so many interesting projects, and made so many invaluable friendships over the years that it will be impossible to remember who all to acknowledge and thank for helping making my life so incredible. I started at Sun (as employee #11) by bringing SunOS to life. ??Just as wild success was within reach, we stretched a little too far and signed a deal with AT&T. ??That set us back almost 5 years, but at least I have the "black edition" of Solaris signed by Eric Schmidt - "I'm Sorry". Next it was time to move on to learn about window systems, desktop applications, and industry consortiums in the form of CDE. CDE was moving much too slowly and in 1996 a new opportunity presented itself - Java. ??We tried a Java machine, a JavaOS, and a Java desktop environment - Hotjava Views. ??None of that really panned out until Java found its home as an application server environment, first named J2EE and then named Java EE. ??I was recruited as leader of this new effort, which has subsequently been given a new name and new leadership - Jakarta EE at the Eclipse Foundation. When I started work at Sun I was sure I was going to be working on Unix forever. ??Clearly Unix will continue for long time, and I believe Java has at least as much runway as Unix. ??Best of luck to all of you working on these technologies going forward. ??I'm glad I got to live through the non-event of Y2K; I'm disappointed I don't get to do the same for Y2038K. This message started with a list of a few of the people who made a big impact on my career at Sun and Oracle. ??But the more I added to the list, the more I knew the list would never end. ??I decided to just fill in the first and last items on the list, trusting that you'll know where to fill in the rest. Bill Joy started it all. ??An intense week with Bill while I was working at DEC gave me a new appreciation for binary patching, and soon an offer to join Sun! ??Sun pretty much defined my career, and my life, for quite some time. ??With three exceptions, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Ed Bratt helped hold our team together through some very tough spots, but most important to me was as a good friend helping me navigate and providing support through these final days at Oracle. In addition, there's the uncountable good people, coworkers and not, that I've considered my very closest, dearest, and most trustworthy friends. If you've ever shared a glass of wine at my house, you know who you are. There's especially the Thursday lunch bunch and the Sunday night dinner group. ??How would I have ever gotten by without you? And finally there's those three exceptions. ??There're my daughters Kim (28; building Pok??mon Go! for Niantic), Amy (24; finishing her BS in Anthropology at the University of Oregon), and Karen, my wife of 40 years and without whom I would not be who I am today. ??While they're all very strong people, they will all benefit from your continued help and friendship. Obviously there's considerable uncertainty with predicting these sort of things, and I've already beaten the odds several times, but let's just say it feels like time is running out more quickly. ??If there's any last minute things you'd like to say or hear, now is the time. I love you all and can't imagine a world without all of us in it. Bill ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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