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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham 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 c3fd168b for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:36:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A61639BFDB; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:36:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90DFD9BF71; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:36:01 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=serissa.com header.i=@serissa.com header.b="nLc3DQgX"; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="mba37tXl"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 90A579BF71; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:35:59 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 413 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:35:58 AEST Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.25]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F9AF9BF4D for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:35:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC63A6E4; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:29:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:29:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=serissa.com; h= content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; s=fm3; bh=p F+cJowu9W1w+QrvALK/etScKpjKmL8ixABhFdBPOco=; b=nLc3DQgX1R8Sh8plZ nYvg0YjYTgOY3hQJ52NgYnIm/qV2VlT2MnfxdAXuPxzvgpZldKf79KCz9YVHQQ3f p0dCLKMmfjAyqQ7TLxyHP2bCwdlAYACKWX/Op5mEzJeul+eKTmvPsYDdlEqRx/YX ApimHtMGFWv3o5PH4f27CX0DFbbktxyI4oi1lK2cpVmpk82w3wZqXVoxXKsoS+7a wJMXI6yVczLBAAZ+h3RPEXdA/VdAFOY71+9QQCrfo4HGprp5iejnsgfLpc7zlILv PxI4O5bpVZMeaV37oFeQ3TkBDLeY4xaNV7Za5kMH6R/fuBW380dFqt7AEeZr/3iU OhopQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=pF+cJowu9W1w+QrvALK/etScKpjKmL8ixABhFdBPO co=; b=mba37tXloeebvjYXajKgOGR5M4QS+Df9GVt2fyNpww3Ww+gwpme6T3aY4 VEKckvPCtk9V2VKAslMpIjDiBMuVFQlsPSnvT58VXdg2gAVVpRNwdIXGdDF7n5NI r7VjUBpJx6tPuOEtvIWV5NnfpE7waMeLjpkuXvcBeRgjlX7HnB7k0UsCwc373rNU tttKAdl3GL2fCHOSgMOfjLaDw57f60WlLr9BmsZvdHPJjFP3rjR/GQ5FSNcXtQAT 0jsbo/PiSspK29DlzVYUYIwYTJyCu4yhpoy6JqMWKfQFMqxfd+UxOOrONK1W5/ET fNw3fvOodcHYT5U8cYgaLc5LCt3xA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduvddrudeiuddgjedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurheptggguffhjgffgffkfhfvofesthhqmhdthhdtjeenucfhrhhomhepnfgrfihr vghntggvucfuthgvfigrrhhtuceoshhtvgifrghrthesshgvrhhishhsrgdrtghomheqne cukfhppedutdekrdegledrudehuddrkedunecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehs thgvfigrrhhtsehsvghrihhsshgrrdgtohhmnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: from kailua-display.stewart.org (pool-108-49-151-81.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [108.49.151.81]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0018DD60057; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:29:02 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) From: Lawrence Stewart In-Reply-To: <201908281757.x7SHv9gj042779@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:29:02 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201908281757.x7SHv9gj042779@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> To: Doug McIlroy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) Subject: Re: [TUHS] dmr streams & networking [was: Re: If not Linux, then what?] 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: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > On 2019, Aug 28, at 1:57 PM, Doug McIlroy = wrote: >=20 >=20 >> How long was research running on a PDP-11 and when did they move to a = VAX? >=20 > London and Reiser had ported Unix to the VAX, replete with virtual = memory, in 1978. By the time v7 was released (1979), Vaxen had become = the workhorse machines in Research. >=20 > Doug I=E2=80=99ve always been a little curious about how Reiser (John Reiser, = not Hans!) came to port Unix. I had heard of him from his PhD = Dissertation which was something like 35 pages long for Knuth (!) on = random number generators. He finished at Stanford in 1977 and in 1978 = he was porting Unix? How did that happen? -L