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, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23261 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2021 19:51:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Mar 2021 19:51:21 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B83AC9B6F2; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:51:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0E59507E; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:50:47 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="YRdnpJPc"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BD12F95074; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:50:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-f180.google.com (mail-lj1-f180.google.com [209.85.208.180]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED90F9507E for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:50:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-f180.google.com with SMTP id s17so3716113ljc.5 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:50:43 -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=DtcU6bFTBRfOKDgoOjWs385awQaItEEaKgxqsdzPI+E=; b=YRdnpJPcY5WFqsZDkv+Thic3AQurgi0oc7F4IyrC+GEuLhtgjnqGWKak3hW2mYal9j 9UyJs6thxCc2cCsJ/EYuh/EGziblDr30OljkQQ2x5RqaI0H57Oa3zncL+Zj+Fk3UpD7k F4rvVLt7B/uaEgDHXIgn6h15AUm9MqTApYqkAwTMM36+1dHERVQBjITYRxcXEUUVV0hC a8lMrwQVUYXSVl2QyUvm0rbfPLekkTdUwr1zLngSpfoAZSTjdXKfQpY4yO839uTwy2LU +aivRz6GGfhU14mGDsexxS+8t35LPN6vlif8HX3eEdRslNfqH2F259nNniIT7E6IiXJK ZSUQ== 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=DtcU6bFTBRfOKDgoOjWs385awQaItEEaKgxqsdzPI+E=; b=L4UGChuTmcdSqC86TUrJHIacBxFtZcV/fpZ2cjt6mSY8UCHaBYFuIFOqEcPKKYF4B0 KG/G8cH0mub0ayG2VhtHiHQ2To8kQqWCEmzV3+S116ka4bymQ1QRKSEcx5b9l6rV6mAY 3x8ZPuOpmoRtNZ99awPj9TnboIYqcvFxjPWfHldOP/Cfd60O7B1Y+p8Igl5dnXu9yK+f iQaPP6M0Ugit2ncfcINHacwcNa7c6CC8MyhaE7Zt6CQ9cNTQsfq9zstSK93C9OZWGO2r VMlSmF3zW427Vui+rpqTN7QAKGv9JtymkSPDwm8BLo+/MlayRAUD/7C0skSCypc171AA SJIA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530/w1A+FzFcEZoaVG6m4Flnl0RkP+mI7Ctf1vSJ1zYktlO+DhQU 6svyWMxFo2QPWiKMoTipkndl9mXqV2JRs9mhf7UO6eNF X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyo3VvmUASyJfUe3XUeWharO4hYu+bbFoCtjmamI6DJKsvEr0CasQC5ySjezzLwGV6u+vhl4/0YpeY/B/BD5ws= X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:1136:: with SMTP id e22mr278911ljo.3.1615492242227; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:50:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <121E36A0-4D3D-42AD-A89A-E72FBDD32E39@humeweb.com> In-Reply-To: From: Ken Thompson Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:50:31 -0800 Message-ID: To: M Douglas McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000003c460f05bd4819e8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Fred Grampp 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: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000003c460f05bd4819e8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" fred dumpster dove on the way to the labs. his prize, beside the cheese awfuls, was the bowling pins for the 6th floor bowling alley. fred was after a german ww2 enigma. he left requests at two european shops that were known to occasionally have one. when one came to light, fred and i split the price. after years of dwindling hope for another one showing up, fred an i flipped a coin to see who owned it. fred won. before his death he gave it to me. and lastly, and secret until now, fred painted the peter face on the water tower. On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:14 AM M Douglas McIlroy < m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > Ah, yes. Fred would pick things up at the Keebler Baking factory outlet on > his way to work. > We called it the "used cookie store". > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:31 AM Andrew Hume wrote: > >> fred was certainly a character. >> >> perhaps ken or rob might confirm this, but i recall at least one of the >> canoe trips demonstrated >> the effects of dropping flour sacks onto canoes from a small airplane. (i >> was not present on any >> of these trips, but heard this from grampp.) >> >> he was also responsible for occasionally buying bulk bags of barely >> digestible cheese crackers >> (we called them cheese awfuls) and leaving them in the Unix Room to be >> eaten. >> >> > On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:06 AM, M Douglas McIlroy < >> m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: >> > >> > In all that's been written about the Research Unix players, >> > Fred Grampp has gotten far less coverage than he deserves. >> > I hope to rectify that with this post, most of which was >> > written soon after his death. >> > >> >> --0000000000003c460f05bd4819e8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
fred dumpster dove on the way to the labs.
his prize, = beside the cheese awfuls, was
the bowling pins for the 6th floor = bowling
alley.

fred was after a german w= w2 enigma. he
left requests at two european shops that
= were known to occasionally have one.
when one came to light, fred= and i split
the price. after years of dwindling hope
f= or another one showing up, fred an i
flipped a coin to see who ow= ned it. fred
won. before his death he gave=C2=A0 it to me.
<= div>
and lastly, and secret until now, fred
painted= the peter face on the water tower.



On T= hu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:14 AM M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
A= h, yes. Fred would pick things up at the Keebler Baking factory outlet on h= is way to work.
We called it=C2=A0the "used cookie store".

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:31 AM Andrew Hume <andrew@humeweb.com> wrote:
fred was certainly a cha= racter.

perhaps ken or rob might confirm this, but i recall at least one of the can= oe trips demonstrated
the effects of dropping flour sacks onto canoes from a small airplane. (i w= as not present on any
of these trips, but heard this from grampp.)

he was also responsible for occasionally buying bulk bags of barely digesti= ble cheese crackers
(we called them cheese awfuls) and leaving them in the Unix Room to be eate= n.

> On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:06 AM, M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmou= th.edu> wrote:
>
> In all that's been written about the Research Unix players,
> Fred Grampp has gotten far less coverage than he deserves.
> I hope to rectify that with this post, most of which was
> written soon after his death.
>

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