From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lars@nocrew.org (Lars Brinkhoff) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 17:01:16 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] /dev/drum In-Reply-To: (Dan Cross's message of "Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:12:28 -0400") References: <8225C5DB-27BD-464E-930A-522C30C20EBD@tfeb.org> <25A1FED0-4F8B-408F-B27B-5728C649D8BE@collantes.us> Message-ID: <7wfu3nuqeb.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Dan Cross wrote: > Why was it called drum? I imagine that's historical license coupled > with grad student imagination, but I'm curious if it has origin in > actual hardware used at UC Berkeley. Clem, that was roughly your era, > was it not? Seems like the Project Genie 940 at UCB had a drum. Maybe someone wanted to carry the tradition forward.