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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19869 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2022 11:08:00 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Apr 2022 11:08:00 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7DACE93E2E; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:07:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18D4093D2A; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:05:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CD5C193D2A; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:05:35 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 3055 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:05:34 AEST Received: from newtrichead.scotnet.co.uk (newtrichead.scotnet.co.uk [217.16.223.153]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A35793D1B for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:05:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [192.168.0.144] (188.30.217.254.threembb.co.uk [188.30.217.254]) (authenticated bits=0) by newtrichead.scotnet.co.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 23AAD5ih002803 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:13:12 +0100 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_EFD2A9DE-B54F-49BC-AF76-A269BD7E26EB" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) From: Dr Iain Maoileoin In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:14:26 +0100 Message-Id: <56E98893-A6D1-48A5-9AC2-5CDD37638417@csp-partnership.co.uk> References: <7wtub2dcwx.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> To: Clem Cole X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Sad News - we last two wonderful people in the past few weeks. 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: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_EFD2A9DE-B54F-49BC-AF76-A269BD7E26EB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 9 Apr 2022, at 17:23, Clem Cole wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 5:29 AM Ron Natalie > wrote: > If I recall there was a GT40 up on the fourth floor of UMCP's CS=20 > building. I don't remember spacewar, but there was a luner lander = game=20 > where you tried to land near the lunar McDonalds (if you crashed in to=20= > it, it chided you for destroying the only McDonalds on the moon). >=20 > That's Jack's Moonlander. It is OK for you Americans. We ran the GT40 in Scotland about 1974 (2nd = year undergrad). =20 When the astronaut got out and said =E2=80=9Ca big mac to go=E2=80=9D = we had absolutely no idea what he was talking about! =E2=80=9Ca big mac=E2=80=9D meant nothing and =E2=80=9Cto go=E2=80=9D = was just bad grammar. Worse grammar than the split infinitives in star = trek. I am sure we did not have a Macdonalds in Scotland at that time. We did = have KFC under the uni - many a late-night chew while solving = programming problems =E2=80=A6.=20 But Macdonalds? They were well into the 80s=E2=80=A6... It was years later before any of us actually understood what was being = said, but yes, a great way to spend debugging hours in the early hours = of the morning.=20 I can only just remember the use of the light pen - was that for thrust? = I have no recollection of any keyboard inputs. Iain= --Apple-Mail=_EFD2A9DE-B54F-49BC-AF76-A269BD7E26EB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On 9 Apr 2022, at 17:23, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> = wrote:



On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 5:29 AM Ron = Natalie <ron@ronnatalie.com> wrote:
If I recall there was a GT40 up on the = fourth floor of UMCP's CS
building.   I don't remember spacewar, but there was a luner = lander game
where you tried to land near the lunar McDonalds (if you crashed in to =
it, it chided you for destroying the only McDonalds on the moon).

That's Jack's = Moonlander.

It is OK for you = Americans.  We ran the GT40 in Scotland about 1974 (2nd year = undergrad).  

When the astronaut got out and said =E2=80=9Ca big mac to = go=E2=80=9D  we had absolutely no idea what he was talking = about!
=E2=80=9Ca big mac=E2=80=9D meant nothing = and =E2=80=9Cto go=E2=80=9D was just bad grammar.  Worse grammar = than the split infinitives in star trek.

I am sure we did not have a Macdonalds = in Scotland at that time.  We did have KFC under the uni - many a = late-night chew while solving programming problems =E2=80=A6. 
<= div class=3D"">But Macdonalds?  They were well into the = 80s=E2=80=A6...

It was years later before any of us actually understood what = was being said, but yes, a great way to spend debugging hours in the = early hours of the morning. 
I can only just = remember the use of the light pen - was that for thrust?  I have no = recollection of any keyboard inputs.

Iain
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