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, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28105 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2022 14:06:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Jul 2022 14:06:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574E04088C; Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:06:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f47.google.com (mail-pj1-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAA0F4012F for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:06:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f47.google.com with SMTP id g16-20020a17090a7d1000b001ea9f820449so6502476pjl.5 for ; Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:06:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Zg4wIhhCOsFX69ILqQ2XGaRssMGQR9W57g9/yF+jo3A=; b=LyTxwkzCKA3pYfXv6K46xH9bNoWp3ZpFyJasjktfx0iTQrTmqlpe8ZvfHkkSBXQzwJ BB+tX7xm8o23sJuHj6tMjKB6gVag+s9Ttm9G5yuyWDC+Sm6MgLGgjM14PW6fvipjxeOX d8z7xPnPdNaJ7FhSbc6BtRHMqfE4bhn6SzWPB4Qw3f6xIzDJgeIWn+Wr3Kg6kRxIZMbk fuktc5Q+LFIW3FLy1Kwl+7nXVjbqQWvvVa+QTetsZVxcwpSRrds0+EoLswk+3d6TfERx VOR3loM9GI1onkqAYsRMNR3MCrfRebdaOnYChz6pUvxfrznfSVqNc1bQKhgDASQaV4dI r4Gg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Zg4wIhhCOsFX69ILqQ2XGaRssMGQR9W57g9/yF+jo3A=; b=h2Zrf1t4KxeJUo7OlE699MqzyK8dqeBwrMHyF71/CxmdFrMlUWHACEWAF9yN6lwVvK LYsJtLODgOiQUZKgGg8dLRSbPUxIWA0tSrUTOM9JQj+YsfWYKceLZqVuuL6Eltidgv+2 YsqYkPF+jLZI0Hsz3mgvJr/bq69tOfiXNQ090KudNVegofstsKD3qRzx11qu//SxhFLh 3tb7uzc8EaRL8ZS4hGBdqUuyJi7G54yF/Fp46WqeqlJ/i4KgsV6bbEnlc0uVgdY8PMV2 IGYTgk6xNEwZ5HKkF91InE8k0MWVI4519a3aQeDQRSszt6kkIppsh8YVDeb3yYsfJfd8 qV6g== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+XxTtVUEH4TprAI8IHiK5jGUxRp74zz5K1dJivg7nN+MBIZN69 vM795p5BM/56zvC3XhLkO9DboDgQ0n/D4nZUylQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1utcUXJKTcLGGfBu+Tu7OuHkn1PnPiVubYaTzVAZPm+BgzkmhuJ+ZY1gK/7mqEN8OGTcgwB36O9dH0pQRn3+y8= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:d2c3:b0:16a:4028:4738 with SMTP id n3-20020a170902d2c300b0016a40284738mr21223589plc.8.1656684327138; Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:05:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <180245D1-0DCD-4C2C-A26A-EF68578FD548@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: From: Henry Bent Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 10:05:16 -0400 Message-ID: To: Marc Donner Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d2f94805e2bee0ae" Message-ID-Hash: F6OMCQV3KQV6DXSMITUPT2C55KKVUNF3 X-Message-ID-Hash: F6OMCQV3KQV6DXSMITUPT2C55KKVUNF3 X-MailFrom: henry.r.bent@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000d2f94805e2bee0ae Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 10:00, Marc Donner wrote: > > (Back in the mid-1980s when I wanted to connect IBM Research connect to > uunet we started with friends at DEC, since their node was pretty central. > Their management intervened and told us that we could connect through > decvax if we called our machine 'ibm-vax' ... I rejected that. We ended up > connecting through another research lab nearby.) > > Was IBM Research using a VAX as their point of contact with the outside world? What was it running? -Henry --000000000000d2f94805e2bee0ae Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 10:00, Marc Donner = <marc.donner@gmail.com> = wrote:

(Back in the mid-1980s when I wanted to connect I= BM Research connect to uunet we started with friends at DEC, since their no= de was pretty central.=C2=A0 Their management intervened and told us that w= e could connect through decvax if we called our machine 'ibm-vax' .= .. I rejected that.=C2=A0 We ended up connecting through another research l= ab nearby.)


Was IBM Researc= h using a VAX as their point of contact with the outside world?=C2=A0 What = was it running?

-Henry
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