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, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3803 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2023 02:03:34 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Sep 2023 02:03:34 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5202D4310B; Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:03:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from taz.retrotronics.org (taz.retrotronics.org [66.228.61.155]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CECB04310A for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:03:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from www.retrotronics.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by taz.retrotronics.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333FD26C7 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:02:55 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 taz.retrotronics.org 333FD26C7 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=alanlee.org; s=default; t=1694397775; bh=qCXz/y+SSKuvRX0xpAb3uqBgfBTvGvvmAd7bl21KtF4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=1NCfTGdhoEBjSBQttn7rFYquXxHkHo90KqQeQB4/Ad1QMybJba5Go3Nl6FvMz0aTw djkWr2wAesHkI9fSEr4ic1ff99+917M3zco93V53ecN7/vmo+Qs5UtlgYrN6WNQVnx eywBQTVuhCIRoIJVmLQlINUMPjZ/yMT8mquGs5Rs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_ffad9b9fbb666909058cf81fc712654c" Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:02:55 -0400 From: alan@alanlee.org To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <2884e81581b595ec2c4fc11fc6b2a8ab@alanlee.org> References: <2884e81581b595ec2c4fc11fc6b2a8ab@alanlee.org> Message-ID: <689bc9fc3e5cc8d6772b98f12b96ba92@alanlee.org> X-Sender: alan@alanlee.org Message-ID-Hash: HIOSFCGFONZSMFKQ7B7TNAT5VPHDCH2T X-Message-ID-Hash: HIOSFCGFONZSMFKQ7B7TNAT5VPHDCH2T X-MailFrom: alan@alanlee.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Current Ownership of 3B/WECo Computer IPs List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --=_ffad9b9fbb666909058cf81fc712654c Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Let me clarify. A few of us have reached out to various people about both 3B2 and WE32k information. The main response them has been it's still in-use to varying degrees by customers. I assume through emulation to keep legacy systems running. And they cannot release any details. The two people that would know the most about the status of that IP is William Caughlin [1] at the AT&T Archives and Ed Eckert - Archivist at Nokia Bell Labs. -Alan On 2023-09-10 21:35, alan@alanlee.org wrote: > My understanding is all the WE IP was retained through the > Alcatel-Lucent mergers and is now owned by Nokia. That would include > all the 3Bx systems and WE32k. > > -A Links: ------ [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-caughlin-59571546/ --=_ffad9b9fbb666909058cf81fc712654c Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

Let me clarify.  A few of us have reached out to various people abo= ut both 3B2 and WE32k information.  The main response them has been it= 's still in-use to varying degrees by customers.  I assume through emu= lation to keep legacy systems running.  And they cannot release any de= tails.

The two people that would know the most about the status of that IP is <= a href=3D"https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-caughlin-59571546/" target=3D= "_blank" rel=3D"noopener">William Caughlin at the AT&T Archives and= Ed Eckert - Archivist at Nokia Bell Labs.

-Alan

On 2023-09-10 21:35, alan@alanlee.org wrote:

My understanding is all the WE IP was retained through the Alcatel-Lucen= t mergers and is now owned by Nokia.  That would include all the 3Bx s= ystems and WE32k.

-A

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