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 29203 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2021 23:19:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 17 Mar 2021 23:19:42 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4380E9C24B; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:19:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED45C9B68A; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:19:09 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="fL+r8UK/"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 33A1D9B68A; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:19:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f42.google.com (mail-wr1-f42.google.com [209.85.221.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D90359B688 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:19:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f42.google.com with SMTP id j18so3529959wra.2 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:19:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=GkFyUDvpl8OpoTbyJI1fJr99CYMHt3jtmyvA8V0zOFU=; b=fL+r8UK/GPNj31lRwTLlXMcppkYVaXV5UdTtbcLwQaF/krE9kcssXJddrwCiKnQ7oV gpNwgo8amhE/Rv6s7LSdcqE6rGqhNfrT7JUSnitEItwFYjkJSK9ydi/o/8+ycD73aRXr aX5uaFoGVs1lsbZCfbapk4FFVO84Bkr7oi6HuDdxUunITOquU2sHwabaZ5rzn+lGHC8e 4fNLGF7ANlvtFoa88PHxONmCUF5v69YdEsBy6sy49hzcMkBWiDEGzbpRjg/F5riERG0Q dDbAU6lenSaW9jzHGBPFNJbXztF/yvJ5CY/y+OJmKhMw56PW5aIX7TCKi7aOqtGMvHMw fgqA== 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=GkFyUDvpl8OpoTbyJI1fJr99CYMHt3jtmyvA8V0zOFU=; b=DEaKXVWKVRM6sBTEUDLhjVIqH5L5N5RnU+EwV+pmbM4qSs8DSp9yP+tsdp/LL3C8N+ LESM4V9sqW001GbDWGbsOpQKCbbRNjpOYrzDvEFcYUQ2ws1Z2g+P3LM8qAQXyumFNDaV qo/RDGqm35w1soOha6wcdsM+1ZvJpfsF7xNyd6q712KG2QWseSe1/kf1Tx2L/9rs/tho SOcl5nHHqo4vhj6hk8Ygp06IqzMaHRAcSbV2iqCE9b+iVi0lx6Jixc2EmBczSqYPC9K9 aNN9a3kTDnZrpkLXHIaSpPP9TKAhk5qamSyXlQthWZ1zsjIn931ugFE0pt/t9bj/cxMz iuww== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5310bW5FLcCGQ4Vb+MNtgowFEvsGzNHVWjBkvXgzPzjEEsn5728c 8X0oEjIHzMHkO6rZJqx81OQi3JIroR37+2l2s3orL/9oaJE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxN9eQ25oIzD6jSIia2d8+gxJtfTvQ6X268d1juce5pxfXfp5JZ6SdVRbROsCmC6iNvdyC3qOpdY+YMJLq7aak= X-Received: by 2002:adf:f841:: with SMTP id d1mr6569345wrq.36.1616023143455; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:19:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: M Douglas McIlroy Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:18:47 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Surprised about Unix System V in the 80's - so sparse! 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" Connectivity evolved rapidly in the early 1980s. In 1980 I served on the board of CSNet, which connected have-not CS departments (including Bell Labs) via dialup and X.25 links onto the periphery of the magic circle of Arpanet. By 1982 it was not extraordinary that I could via international email arrange all aspects of a trip to visit lively universities of the AUUG.