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=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16930 invoked from network); 31 Jan 2023 17:44:46 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Jan 2023 17:44:46 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ABA842469; Wed, 1 Feb 2023 03:44:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oa1-f43.google.com (mail-oa1-f43.google.com [209.85.160.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54D844245E for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2023 03:44:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oa1-f43.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-1442977d77dso20321463fac.6 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:44:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=o01jeXItE5TtY2mvnRTU7oQ0SQ5qpz4PHNFuZSeJet0=; b=Z56Jf+umQylWlL2qUqCmculHUcP/pFdFCKFhAdZdHtIAkGaSLnsZKjzKCbr3xwXVX1 lzu+PKtAxntdLKkvsZ2FdZjyGy0VqKEUeIPLhfzHcSGHvW2nbfcXuP9QJ2OAFg+De7mz UwknmDUkeT8nC27wosZ/hEz6T4JfI7pbQF/h11dmg8vP3rBto38T7VZW6enrXREsbFTS U1voKa0eT0qZzDLw2Td9plTy1WpEKlAVks6+BqquUOJdnG74qZXh2oHY3DDtmqN4KkrE P0tGkbh6krUenuK3NgG7rlk10Rp/dl31tLdDVuP5ZJNysmg5fMgeHy1re01rz/2OQKHW Wvdg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=o01jeXItE5TtY2mvnRTU7oQ0SQ5qpz4PHNFuZSeJet0=; b=z7USRxAXaNRd6m824I7ASIbYhkeELAsNADanfCtapddad1864/kO1RukjOjXjx5V8A lnFfdwveYd0x3ZArAI3EUHh5JZ6rfAvpAH4wD/GILx/f428RR+2EzKV00Ud1IhyJR0SF KxLvc9PmhFQKUcshKBWqRy+6eLJ4EdvPGkyp3zRLkYgeLM66Re2ow8W6o3fKw3ldEtJU 0uR2LOkffCGSQ9xM5L/kjRG1sbOxVdWunUvMMMYG8ibuAMF0xEzJHzU1rNrIc6b46uak hUG5bMHQ6WUo1eSSPQrBIYLiwHy31QMffrLaBG095AoPWUJIEq7WCxR6H5/SphrPDdtX LjiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kpVOBzTDM1/JKfrLp508c1E9NRwigZvl+qezGt29ML/BImYiAHi YVfDAENjQgLOyUmshvgjyxhABv+3bmhr5QZ/krTm0aBV4SM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXsVUr1y7zXAkzp+k9cKWKWVR8o+259B5iKvm8/Ck/yrKKqtjO2HtcLqIpOOYS4j1u4wP1uxCVi+I+bBiQAJ4CY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:fb94:b0:15f:5194:e0e5 with SMTP id kv20-20020a056870fb9400b0015f5194e0e5mr5833016oab.102.1675187010238; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:43:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <23432965-52D6-4331-A4D8-8A6FDDB3F751@serissa.com> <1be17de9-b39a-0dfe-5959-94379f93f830@mhorton.net> In-Reply-To: <1be17de9-b39a-0dfe-5959-94379f93f830@mhorton.net> From: Marc Donner Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:43:20 -0500 Message-ID: To: Mary Ann Horton Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ad838205f392de07" Message-ID-Hash: 23NBEZXVUANHPL2YIK2GNVKGCSDGRKGC X-Message-ID-Hash: 23NBEZXVUANHPL2YIK2GNVKGCSDGRKGC 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Earliest UNIX Workstations? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000ad838205f392de07 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I was a grad student at CMU at the time. Raj Reddy told me back then that it was 1 MIPS, 1 million pixels, 1 megabyte of RAM. On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 21:04 Mary Ann Horton wrote: > On 1/25/23 17:01, Larry Stewart wrote: > > Jim Morris left PARC and went off to CMU and began talking up the idea of > the "3M" workstation. One MIPs, One Megabyte of RAM, and One Million > Pixels. > > The way I heard it, a workstation needed to have Menus, a Mouse, and a 1 > MIPS processor. It also had a megabyte of RAM, at least a megabit LAN, a > megapixel of display, and cost about a megapenny. > > Thanks, > > *Mary Ann Horton* (she/her/ma'am) > maryannhorton.com > > "This is a great book" - Monica Helms > > "Brave and Important" - Laura L. Engel > > Available on Amazon and bn.com! > > > > > --000000000000ad838205f392de07 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I was a grad student at CMU at the time.=C2=A0 Raj Reddy = told me back then that it was 1 MIPS, 1 million pixels, 1 megabyte of RAM.<= /div>
O= n Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 21:04 Mary Ann Horton <mah@mhorton.net> wrote:
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On 1/25/23 17:01, Larry Stewart wrote:
Jim Morris left PARC and went off to CMU and began talking up the idea of the "3M" workstation.=C2=A0 One MIPs, One Megabyte of RA= M, and One Million Pixels.
The way I heard it, a workstation needed to have Menus, a Mouse, and a 1 MIPS processor. It also had a megabyte of RAM, at least a megabit LAN, a megapixel of display, and cost about a megapenny.

Thanks,

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Mary Ann Horton (she/he= r/ma'am)
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 maryannhorton.com

"This is a great book" - Monica Helms

"Brave and Important" - Laura L. Engel

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Available on Amazon and bn.com!




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