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_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25452 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2020 22:20:51 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 21 Jul 2020 22:20:51 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BBDB19C8F8; Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:20:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731789C8E3; Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:19:42 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="AWI/OGsV"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1C6A09C8DE; Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:19:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ed1-f53.google.com (mail-ed1-f53.google.com [209.85.208.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36D819C8DD for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:19:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-f53.google.com with SMTP id a1so168739edt.10 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:19:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=S4O5T6VenhgYmEzgoy7tQpZp2udfqSWSm+CHlBkuY2o=; b=AWI/OGsVGfdkdTE81vZSwAf6M2TayoFrU9RUx2HxHFppCMs24GORx13cP47U9egtcU cGRqElIg3OQQyuHsxYmPBSZvhaP2s2qbdiDlo48kmESfaGD21NEaLBSDuEkLPrdurqe3 HIiTb3eb0ZnlqtjoipMYlSLPRBycvRkdzrPvs9rJBrEynZZkuMouP05+gsb1peNxpiDs WS7ea306aToSQ5tI1Hmx+pj1mzbQZKD7Jb6UwLc83jB4VIYCyQS/cVz0rQf1ATeCJAT2 nCBM9CylHWPGjhJ146loIIt5NrFDvPZZBex06oFs0Ae8JIrYsJr2ZhbyaQe2Lh7DaT25 SOfQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=S4O5T6VenhgYmEzgoy7tQpZp2udfqSWSm+CHlBkuY2o=; b=BS+nCe/cSFlr3G9KgCJEAixCD7KlUWJ+syBS8mLkRiiyzLkBCmPQopG9aRj0MsBhRw woNpLdRA5Zdt54AlzdZbsIw9lOhtCGp5r7w33GQcTWz1bHvKpwyRUo3ZQMiLqvKOmUog KprV3Jj2s6dCrdaQZFcaeS1RRPQyXl5nEJD2gTd0/s+xDSM2evTq5sTki+NUA9euWfAQ XdE8V9bAIePrWJp8pt9qXA54mU3a6mKHBhFcc69orSeAwzVlua7Dva7TMYMUmD2utTEC 7w29H7eqZdCBMQqHgb62oBsl+SlHK4ORZ10ZOyxiuzEU19/IL11NbqeVs5oK05mxVVT7 d00g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530PcyfIavDsCwpObq3ZAMdkHhakK5HWUqYMx5UeenuURvTfCo6e jX2mJOrtZRR7RlVO1gQJujduIs/vHAB9qcjC8/8rjw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJye2BDcmfDD6p2Ox7BsTr1uh1knaBYR2wjW0I/0sM3gaCxZjRyMRhwbhK0zgBrk+30lNCqyvHsutujBHB7jt3Y= X-Received: by 2002:aa7:c2cf:: with SMTP id m15mr26909992edp.27.1595369974411; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:19:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Henry Bent Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:19:25 -0400 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009c368f05aafb0406" Subject: [TUHS] Bell Labs Sysadmins 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" --0000000000009c368f05aafb0406 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Are there any former Bell Labs sysadmins on this list? My father was the sysadmin for hoh* (Crawford Hill, mostly the radio astronomy folks) in the mid-late '80s and early '90s and I would be especially interested to hear from hou* (Holmdel, what a building!) folks but also ihn* (Indian Hill) and the like. I'm very curious about what life was like on the ground, so to speak. I'll start off with a quick anecdote. When I started college I began working for the computing center doing menial jobs. There was an older, ex-army guy leading the networking department who extolled the virtues of the VAX up and down; I think Oberlin would have kept the VAX 6620 running VMS 5.5 forever if he had his way. Anyway, I mentioned his position to my father and he told me that the best thing he ever did was replace the VAX systems (and the endless mounting/remounting of RL02s for user data) with early generation Sun 4 systems. -Henry --0000000000009c368f05aafb0406 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Are there any former Bell Labs sysadmins on this list= ?=C2=A0 My father was the sysadmin for hoh* (Crawford Hill, mostly the radi= o astronomy folks) in the mid-late '80s and early '90s and I would = be especially interested to hear from hou* (Holmdel, what a building!) folk= s but also ihn* (Indian Hill) and the like.=C2=A0 I'm very curious abou= t what life was like on the ground, so to speak.

I= 'll start off with a quick anecdote.=C2=A0 When I started college I beg= an working for the computing center doing menial jobs.=C2=A0 There was an o= lder, ex-army guy leading the networking department who extolled the virtue= s of the VAX up and down; I think Oberlin would have kept the VAX 6620 runn= ing VMS 5.5 forever if he had his way.=C2=A0 Anyway, I mentioned his positi= on to my father and he told me that the best thing he ever did was replace = the VAX systems (and the endless mounting/remounting of RL02s for user data= ) with early generation Sun 4 systems.

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