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_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,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 c2a0c205 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:27:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DF7B69BC26; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:27:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64E49BBF9; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:27:01 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="dqXfOQGI"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D02439BBF9; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:26:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f49.google.com (mail-ua1-f49.google.com [209.85.222.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 670759B92E for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:26:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f49.google.com with SMTP id 73so1349282uac.6 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:26:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=wKvIl+aNGfHHzKIb1r3RdSb2thtikK077v0c3g2Vox0=; b=dqXfOQGIw5xMG70qvoV4t4cw4cF3HjEn1k9PGvcIEq3eYzvCc5gzJWXZfaBSGMzI4K CMi9xZ5gG6+DSOTPZ91tqGTkWM/TMtiQMquV7meyJoNvLnQ5xiHkP7gNU7vF74EZVnOF k8+SUFfBEWzzWmrB1zgrPP4w04MogJJoFxBZXJ2sWiSjl6HP3lrK7Flx0JwNq61f46Qx mRFqM/RQGxV2mAZayJr3bMoHyLXK3uUhzvhIBXusq15xoEJxFpqlTK8z1hAIcE3RkXo3 JD2M2sPR/CH8ch2H+jwVWzUc+K/EUzx2cj+NmAeOxkFuLs8G3nMjfvTpMH0chpQpEDK3 6l5Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=wKvIl+aNGfHHzKIb1r3RdSb2thtikK077v0c3g2Vox0=; b=EW4TgdYAKLPCenRmLQjFVpEIt4M9lNoLwDUHKCLqHCja2VddSsrlOY60pKdAuwwvbQ h+OdcP4Qxtc3SQZyBIBt39xC03GEVtIvwrOCuKwUSThXWXMBGgIFZ+Pj2KwAIhrfh96A Ug+1ju39Q2fFgep8hLNEMDn4rkzdpiN1UO1WhgKhbaGNjt1baclEzK46eGAOnUnmq8Kj Ji3aRI0kERif1FcBF9mZbSVQ+xCUOZhW8lFV7jVcL2LCCi4GGy9LdtggAdDB82+xsm+y 2WWfNup1J/3F4WqpQ7eCHRHwzwzD9P8SEN63R9skjutlB8vayEfp4hvVNSk7YdQ634O4 Z1AA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVSTwaw8ljltKH5fJi/D55qlheRcoZW6tjM2r48zzSsjBuPVLlt MLeyoK/VSYTNZvkzUsjzw6+u2fY1HH2MTSdScCrlWp68 X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqw/j1WqdMzxks3B9KhXRkN71YAqc9BLbhuCYKt3RcZgM1TwFV3s8iQGh75n7eZ3VviDOvawhTmRzUNcdmhmBPY= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:222d:: with SMTP id 42mr3554179uad.6.1576715218336; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:26:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1576714621.27293.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: <1576714621.27293.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> From: Rob Pike Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:26:47 +1100 Message-ID: To: Norman Wilson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000804271059a039ef2" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Blit source 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000804271059a039ef2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Your naming isn't right, although the story otherwise is accurate. The Jerq was the original name for the 68K machines hand-made by Bart. The name, originally coined for a fun demo of the Three Rivers Perq by folks at Lucasfilm, was borrowed with permission by us but was considered unsuitable by Sam Morgan as we reached out to make some industrially, by a company (something Atlantic) on Long Island. So "Blit" was coined. The Blit name later stuck unofficially to the DMD-5620, which was made by Teletype and, after some upheavals, had a Western Electric BellMac 32000 CPU. If 5620s were called Jerqs, it was an accident. All the software with that name would be for the original, Locanthi-built and -designed 68K machines. The sequence is thus Jerq, Blit, DMD-5620. DMD stood for dot-mapped rather than bit-mapped, but I never understood why. It seemed a category error to me. -rob --000000000000804271059a039ef2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Your naming isn't right, although the story otherwise = is accurate.

The Jerq was the original name for the 68K = machines hand-made by Bart. The name, originally coined for a fun demo of t= he Three Rivers Perq by folks at Lucasfilm, was borrowed with permission by= us but was considered unsuitable by Sam Morgan as we reached out to make s= ome industrially, by a company (something Atlantic) on Long Island. So &quo= t;Blit" was coined. The Blit name later stuck unofficially to the DMD-= 5620, which was made by Teletype and, after some upheavals, had a Western E= lectric BellMac 32000 CPU.

If 5620s were called Je= rqs, it was an accident. All the software with that name would be for the o= riginal, Locanthi-built and -designed 68K machines.

The sequence is thus Jerq, Blit, DMD-5620. DMD stood for dot-mapped rathe= r than bit-mapped, but I never understood why. It seemed a category error t= o me.

-rob

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