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 31932 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2022 14:38:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Jul 2022 14:38:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF7540CD9; Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:38:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f175.google.com (mail-pg1-f175.google.com [209.85.215.175]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D8C140CD5 for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:38:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f175.google.com with SMTP id g4so2594478pgc.1 for ; Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:38:33 -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=xUnpob98nRcbWY7KRHHZIEPv47MHcy39fsWX9oSdc7o=; b=SdzVHvEA5gkBtLoXgy3UWG6oOFWj/t+RhfxXUO8v8jqYegQQhB6Bnrj1nG9rAszidg VM7xkGorBfr9eEn9qTxJbWEKO8izxd8Ys1/QSIQmq0XyRQg0sSEyd1Mo39kTxYseL1Bk bdnKFc6gydhaZ2cniaj2EO5Pm1L3L2irnIHjtN9XNFw32ALyK34fjJaTQlmLvNvczwu0 oGRas/z6d9xNPGqfd3wjhHUU4hqi6wGEOwLQWLWkC4lDKA4i48o0cu1WAEycFdp3DMvv Rf9vK9hmFbQxEWLzcf45DQaex1BUj20hifkvPIGCDg5yHZ6PaGj1bbOV2wHFYuFztkP2 uUhg== 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=xUnpob98nRcbWY7KRHHZIEPv47MHcy39fsWX9oSdc7o=; b=BjVYUfdqIuaDkNtdxV6vKoo8YeKfNJdOBWnIfKTlIkp6I9UHVX9T/s9r8iHp142V5p PT5YBqDgU4fA4VhuNZ48QiQC/WO19461XT/3kxRj7d7XFt2qpYcNoMYXCCteRt5ibjyB Vez61TQxg/tV4qOyIQH3IfMfvbq4vOLdnYSvCGR6fSHqyTA1Iaz9ihijm5QLeKY8V7Z6 fATmW1DeJ3C0RFe5mEcYPN02L8gg4ZHr4iMPN/aHs/qmekjS17KXUqkkY9jkATDA7T0F r6jJ5cWCegK++96qv+MRMmKbjA3MEaPnocLJnS4Qiqykwy0mZahy1PyV2cLrJgSJX/j8 xdbQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora9XqaoX9WplBXwefxPjBmEVyDbx2xr0CS47QbtnSgcC46CtOogS NZ6+2vSbOb9fffQA2Ind+j41PrVTIMkuR1s9otyqS0Uv X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1v153guQg/FBrwlvKSmmzjiH2XuVwapFbrUHjTD37fCd4UgfKCgoXZw1wVwObUF47NIIiWzmXZ0Vrlsecdgm0U= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:15c1:b0:525:2db4:2a2c with SMTP id o1-20020a056a0015c100b005252db42a2cmr20012297pfu.30.1656686252375; Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:37:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <180245D1-0DCD-4C2C-A26A-EF68578FD548@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: From: Marc Donner Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 10:37:21 -0400 Message-ID: To: Henry Bent Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000093c2f205e2bf53c0" Message-ID-Hash: 3KZEMYZJ24ZXT5JHLLMG4PB3D4GYMRZZ X-Message-ID-Hash: 3KZEMYZJ24ZXT5JHLLMG4PB3D4GYMRZZ X-MailFrom: marc.donner@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: --00000000000093c2f205e2bf53c0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" We were not using a VAX. We were using a machine called the "RT-PC" and it ran BSD 4.3 or 4.2 (I disremember which). ===== nygeek.net mindthegapdialogs.com/home On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 10:05 AM Henry Bent wrote: > 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 > --00000000000093c2f205e2bf53c0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
We were not using a VAX.=C2=A0 We were using a = machine called the "RT-PC" and it ran BSD 4.3 or 4.2 (I disrememb= er which).


On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 10:05 AM= Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmai= l.com> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 10:00, Marc Do= nner <marc.do= nner@gmail.com> wrote:

(Back in the mid-1980s whe= n I wanted to connect IBM Research connect to uunet we started with friends= at DEC, since their node was pretty central.=C2=A0 Their management interv= ened and told us that we could connect through decvax if we called our mach= ine 'ibm-vax' ... I rejected that.=C2=A0 We ended up connecting thr= ough another research lab nearby.)


Was IBM Research using a VAX as their point of contact with the out= side world?=C2=A0 What was it running?

-Henry
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