* [TUHS] Re: lilian schwartz has died
@ 2024-10-16 0:16 Douglas McIlroy
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From: Douglas McIlroy @ 2024-10-16 0:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> lilian worked at bell labs in the 80s (and maybe 90s)
> around tech and films and suchlike.
Lillian was a real pioneer. She began collaborating at the Labs in the mid
1960s.
Doug
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* [TUHS] Re: lilian schwartz has died [not found] ` <CAKzdPgzM07pLRK4tZtOjhLVoPn5Xa4O71YsHo92Qd+FfTebtSw@mail.gmail.com> @ 2024-10-17 9:40 ` Rob Pike 2024-10-18 2:30 ` andrew 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Rob Pike @ 2024-10-17 9:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Douglas McIlroy; +Cc: TUHS main list [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 651 bytes --] I always forget that TUHS can't handle pictures. Perhaps Warren will let my post through, but in any case here's a link to the mail, reformatted but otherwise intact, with photos, on Mastodon. https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/113322062117546253 To pique your interest, here's the first paragraph. *In August 1981 we had a persistent problem with the RP06 on our PDP-11/70 crashing disks. It even crashed once while the DEC repairman was standing next to it trying to figure out why the previous pack had died. We collected a few dead packs, and they were forming a pile. Lillian, never one to miss an opportunity, suggested building a mobile.* -rob [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3000 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [TUHS] Re: lilian schwartz has died 2024-10-17 9:40 ` Rob Pike @ 2024-10-18 2:30 ` andrew 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: andrew @ 2024-10-18 2:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Rob Pike; +Cc: Douglas McIlroy, TUHS main list [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 975 bytes --] as i recall, the mobile lasted a fair while. presotto sometimes lifted it up at the top crossbar, but when we noticed that the top wire holding it up (into the ceiling) was noticeably stretching, it was taken down. > On Oct 17, 2024, at 2:40 AM, Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote: > > I always forget that TUHS can't handle pictures. Perhaps Warren will let my post through, but in any case here's a link to the mail, reformatted but otherwise intact, with photos, on Mastodon. > > https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/113322062117546253 > > To pique your interest, here's the first paragraph. > > In August 1981 we had a persistent problem with the RP06 on our PDP-11/70 crashing disks. It even crashed once while the DEC repairman was standing next to it trying to figure out why the previous pack had died. We collected a few dead packs, and they were forming a pile. Lillian, never one to miss an opportunity, suggested building a mobile. > > -rob > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 4351 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [TUHS] lilian schwartz has died @ 2024-10-15 16:30 andrew 2024-10-15 17:52 ` [TUHS] " Marc Rochkind 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: andrew @ 2024-10-15 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: TUHS main list lilian worked at bell labs in the 80s (and maybe 90s) around tech and films and suchlike. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [TUHS] Re: lilian schwartz has died 2024-10-15 16:30 [TUHS] " andrew @ 2024-10-15 17:52 ` Marc Rochkind 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Marc Rochkind @ 2024-10-15 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: TUHS main list [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 350 bytes --] And here are some of her short films, on her website: http://lillian.com/films/ On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:37 AM andrew@humeweb.com <andrew@humeweb.com> wrote: > lilian worked at bell labs in the 80s (and maybe 90s) > around tech and films and suchlike. > > -- *My new email address is mrochkind@gmail.com <mrochkind@gmail.com>* [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 919 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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