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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19565 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2023 18:44:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Mar 2023 18:44:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FA5E412EA; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 04:44:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-x432.google.com (mail-wr1-x432.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::432]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D8BC41291 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 04:43:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-x432.google.com with SMTP id h11so16315570wrm.5 for ; Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:43:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1678301036; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=rx1Q8SJnSuZmvgSuNY9CD0K6kOTJec4SIj1JScWa6t8=; b=fJHI6HT87gUQ75t+CRMJKkmaelq43xdnklnrFmVCprLdWeQUQGC50yafZoUPwL6I2L JNdg2+XO+mFetGspdYT45I7Umd8wTAIzfpS3Hxn3nTH9veb6+VEmUokxKXRl8Wte8/r+ pfQlJQsZJUodVaBEaWobZZEg44FtzxTcxfQnjSsH+/S9+l0p3WbbxEpihICzsHQuEQsp dTY4TMFslYt8QDOWFxWg16/SJpsCAAvrqGG5Ea7Q7Ztp4BmVuWNlByV8F4fLBEMaGJzf JqD9pHGNMWSXVg2jUhfd+lBhqn8Pd1RLB0sm/jF7Nq3IZ7JLkrrgkrMNiyrVOSGtieyA qZtg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1678301036; 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=rx1Q8SJnSuZmvgSuNY9CD0K6kOTJec4SIj1JScWa6t8=; b=xpzxULn6oMPzctCsQdJRNGlEy6Cwu3YyTYW1Y2ZoQNERWQ3CB9NRN+Qu65DKc8oFVO 9HTsiuabbRyswjwvrdZFom6qqKObE6npszqiPphv8e73vkAanpwb5HCtfyDVqHuvKKUJ 0jfhs03i7qMRPtEz5Ym8n02FelmsG4yF0yHTcm9kHiz6v0xJVycYHYfEKTK6cVedQZ1L a6ZVeXJ4ldKNkqfHNbo509ktDpBktHnXS47+S3y5S48juFHR/X6k1sIaZP9rE90t2gUS XXCJSe3wvyNkllFrt38Vfu1pVZaYl3+nsMzpF9sqYEaoLt8MRDdfCvBH0V+TEinRMTuD hjxA== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKV/s7sA1XO2un3Grb7gFGQYi8IPtQzUfhWnNW1cbtrlMOErzVwI xpFU3SzTX7/kGdoSCuJoQgY9uOIxwixC/u4H0o0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set9Uf7dT1VAX4/x8Hu22fFQYuQrGcvLpe2LjGr2tpTGm4n4GLyQcHJbYLzz7+OJp6liqtH7K+sMLxVF158o2yms= X-Received: by 2002:adf:dd4f:0:b0:2c5:5297:1f9a with SMTP id u15-20020adfdd4f000000b002c552971f9amr4247145wrm.14.1678301036585; Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:43:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1297BE06-BE03-477A-AC60-40A269090295@planet.nl> <73309724-1F69-49D4-B54B-63DD298CBD27@planet.nl> <7gRmYrV9xZLqALpbW8Y9EuB9rwaGBUKwNrgdHsepRTRVMFCHkPYaRWy68zZvwTcIpY6ZMcoFqxi2puDOS-D2Z6VUQypSYkyA2uNzDdHO8oQ=@protonmail.com> <20230308182120.GL5993@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20230308182120.GL5993@mcvoy.com> From: Kenneth Goodwin Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 13:43:45 -0500 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001cbff005f667e916" Message-ID-Hash: 72FQPB7YIO52AX566R5KDZMOFF2TNZAP X-Message-ID-Hash: 72FQPB7YIO52AX566R5KDZMOFF2TNZAP X-MailFrom: kennethgoodwin56@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: segaloco , Paul Ruizendaal , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the frame buffer device List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000001cbff005f667e916 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 1:21 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > I really miss terminal rooms. I learned so much looking over the > shoulders of more experienced people. Wait, you can run a paragraph of > text through fmt(1)? How the heck did you do that? > > I don't really miss it for me, I'm retired, but I think kids learning > are sort of at a disadvantage. Not sure there is a youtube video that > teaches you to say: > > :map , !}fmt > You could all create those videos. How to"s The histories Evolution. Working with the Legends of Computer Science Insights into working on the R&D side Give them an insight into the problems you faced and how you approached finding a solution. Teaches critical thinking, how to approach the impossible problem >From a personal perspective. The emotional side of great research The eureka moments in your lives. Teach inspire The olde Geezer Geeks Educational Video Series for Young Minds and New Hackers. > On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 06:12:48PM +0000, segaloco via TUHS wrote: > > I've always liked the "Workbench" terminology that AT&T used, it summons > to mind a more communal environment than the idea of a "workstation" does. > The former makes me think of my time in the lab..... > -- > --- > Larry McVoy Retired to fishing > http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat > --0000000000001cbff005f667e916 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 1:21 PM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
I really miss terminal rooms.=C2=A0 I learned so much loo= king over the
shoulders of more experienced people.=C2=A0 Wait, you can run a paragraph o= f
text through fmt(1)?=C2=A0 How the heck did you do that?

I don't really miss it for me, I'm retired, but I think kids learni= ng
are sort of at a disadvantage.=C2=A0 Not sure there is a youtube video that=
teaches you to say:

:map , !}fmt<CR>

You could all create those videos.=C2=A0
How to"s
The histories
Evolution.
Working with the Legends of Com= puter Science=C2=A0

Insi= ghts into working on the R&D side

Give them an insight into the problems you faced and how you = approached finding a solution. Teaches critical thinking, how to approach t= he impossible problem
From a personal perspective.
The emotional side of great research
The eureka moments in your lives.
=C2=A0Teach= inspire

The olde Geezer= Geeks Educational Video Series for Young Minds and New Hackers.




On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 06:12:48PM +0000, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
> I've always liked the "Workbench" terminology that AT&am= p;T used, it summons to mind a more communal environment than the idea of a= "workstation" does. The former makes me think of my time in the = lab.....
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Larry McVoy=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Retired to fishing=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat<= /a>
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