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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 11642 invoked from network); 31 Jan 2021 08:42:29 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Jan 2021 08:42:29 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BAADC9C883; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:42:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 459C19C653; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:42:05 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=cfcl.com header.i=@cfcl.com header.b="AZsmmdch"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D1E6C9C653; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:42:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f169.google.com (mail-pg1-f169.google.com [209.85.215.169]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 118A99C63D for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:42:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f169.google.com with SMTP id o7so9919128pgl.1 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:42:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cfcl.com; s=google; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=tDZ49XPue9cnrXkxuh0GIG0lt+DB+mUPPaxZmgMOYgw=; b=AZsmmdch7kz0uOLb/HdprKnGRFPiJdXnlJ5PoOjn3aQOeehFNSb4gI9Hy06bN6tdar lu3x2+REyqflg/KOiWXgVFMS1l2FZaAz7I/rxHr1L7W6dpPSNqirHm//mjIvprOJvUJH k0QaKgpCkUwix8HBkxEkT4oEGEEyzpJl+kpLX/DaUW25HaEReR2vTL1POekFKPnXCwVE 1G9VWAd5Yux0D32VVcbGoVMXGMSiVVq7pdAkD1Ud+Zfky4tVd1mmudWchqYaFpUuaG7I p6VtJ5i0bqvFwwel5pTIzKdB3xMNStgA05q1p4hcVfm2ZaxF82PWr81Vy63NKiBbHXYC o7Tw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=tDZ49XPue9cnrXkxuh0GIG0lt+DB+mUPPaxZmgMOYgw=; b=HM3JmUE+QmbLX0QZwmQZg+bH23YNA+7pPC8rF6+qtSlPk+5RGutr7ddWlyKuMweasa ZSYhhMYcH1kgRqFQBZDTL6v96RgO9LpItOMLxTgs/ae1+lsVG5Jdy769YDHb3xstI2ED 6VX49n8gICQNMo+BdmQy/5KodtggXzr0PSSZJOdJNqv6ZJRUu7A30kU8dXqNg+O7fPzW /wIDZF/+NWTg4Jj/TP7XpLJ+WveH5otg4VbpnUxBMY5tNTIo/SBjvnOspsXOZMqIiere A7bS3x4scLWzVPnY+l8+mx6kRjY8V50mldKxCe8dHDhhkiJpIuVg41b2axJrMeBvvwdT FfiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530+mzqalJhDmFfUW7KChHnAbj7ezm6xVldNCT/INs1af1gfdX3V 9u4nur+T31pmCk1VUV8WjFwf/ulgvSjERQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyLTCEkMBoZoTNsLELVEY6OIdH82WzI9ofpRJcXtiX/ugL529RYDDY52yBufoPdWDwwiFgJAw== X-Received: by 2002:a65:60d1:: with SMTP id r17mr12286581pgv.210.1612082519259; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:41:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from spot.hitronhub.home (24-113-88-45.wavecable.com. [24.113.88.45]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n2sm13983179pfu.129.2021.01.31.00.41.58 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:41:58 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) From: Rich Morin In-Reply-To: <202101310757.10V7v3Tv004164@freefriends.org> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:41:55 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <202101310757.10V7v3Tv004164@freefriends.org> To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) Subject: Re: [TUHS] AT&T 3B1 - Emulation available 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > On Jan 30, 2021, at 23:57, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: >=20 > ... An instructor there referred to the 3B20s as white elephants, > and explained it to me (since I didn't know): > A white elephant is something obviously rare and valuable, > but what exactly do you do with it? :-) Actually, it's a bit worse than that: > The term white elephant refers to an extravagant, impractical gift = that cannot be easily disposed of. The phrase is said to come from the = historic practice of the King of Siam (now Thailand) giving rare albino = elephants to courtiers who had displeased him, so that they might be = ruined by the animals' upkeep costs. > -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange On a related note, I recall that Dick Karpinski won an IBM (?) = minicomputer at a Usenix conference. Problem was, if he accepted it the = taxes would be far more than any value it might have for him. So, he = ended up doing some sort of dance that allowed the machine to go to = someone else... =20 -r