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 24395 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2020 05:26:27 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 17 Jul 2020 05:26:27 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2A5A49C8C2; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:26:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B6C9C8A8; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:24:58 +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="d20LjALp"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 852AA9C8A8; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:24:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f51.google.com (mail-pj1-f51.google.com [209.85.216.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 825DB94EDF for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:24:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f51.google.com with SMTP id md7so5848394pjb.1 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:24:54 -0700 (PDT) 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=niwqhALfp+a7yvXXaxzJHsyIGzrZcFqTTis/nJZZzWU=; b=d20LjALp3S9nT0SjYa/VWlFvY+0TmocISzOD/ypVu/VLhJeVR+RcMMHRPPf6q/wOAH 7zcu/0EoIBtVr4HOucBWvBsi87oLOYBLP27FI12i2nHaA8rJI+JhHACTbkmpNpv3Uc4+ AMiq7rnCMYLVForDzLo45o+WYhLHJgGbeJ7DDqMvte5WnpgHvBbLkFNndAjbp8JEWmY/ noCMlj2rPKBWC2defoQC0LFnzI4y6L0t3k5dOHVN3b6YbU8hsAXa9dH3xhcFJXtR/bo7 yXdGhZCBO42BoqL6Byydn8yxm71/whG6SkfY0ZEHk5SBGj4GT6KclVVYVRyDOhBGjk4x JYsw== 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=niwqhALfp+a7yvXXaxzJHsyIGzrZcFqTTis/nJZZzWU=; b=l8F9+jFs5W2iaLD/MRXonLdJWCD31+DErtnreU3K4x4ICfKKcuNzJ04CA2YpV/SfQw RnWZqJBPkH6ieX9xwbcO5YC08ME+MA4wMZTnhUNkXp7WiBU46llu9GTjUTtOBjQla0gD rdNZeHCEo2itD2c9n50QVMWyIl4i+TylPjf1xqwTy2HJuqbA4ZxgQkBi3bkW6pkuKPb7 1YPqyNd4s0yMuyXSGe7RhThxOddt3OBGHXtxHMFNDQjoubCHrp9MFaKjzixzYV0gYwEd D+vZzWQlhjgAhCGqTI4JJvAmgclV3DsDWN54WcmOevpz49cEJ0P2cLhw4OIrF5l0P0Fy xiHg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531gB7vpJHVqSx3SYZ/Xp0LvqhFMyWO7Zm96o42QYKbzY300oOwz cicUAdeHjSoruiKkEnN98ziw+r+YmxoLfKqMRXQEyiP5 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw3sGMxJvBZmYax2YkmUxIji1L2KTByWLMMtsDthm5qBYiqUTrbMzLQtKglSpyJo4hg5u5XT+iaRiZbXMx5xOQ= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:6948:: with SMTP id j8mr1300655pjm.45.1594963493832; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:24:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4fabd785-3763-d100-b97d-0a0a7377b833@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <13529.1594950045@hop.toad.com> <20200717015914.GA12704@mcvoy.com> <20200717033555.GA18565@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20200717033555.GA18565@mcvoy.com> From: Adam Thornton Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:24:42 -0700 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000007acb6e05aa9c60d3" Subject: Re: [TUHS] H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks 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: The Unix Heritage Society , Grant Taylor Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000007acb6e05aa9c60d3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I usually think of him and Theodore Ts'o in the same context (which is to say, tsx-11/MIT), so perhaps he would know? LinkedIn claims he's at Intel somewhere in the Bay area, but his employment there dates (LinkedIn claims) to 2003...so, possible, or maybe he just dropped off the radar sometime between then and now. Adam On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 8:36 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > I looked, don't have it. There was a red 4 CD set, I want to say it > was ImageMagick but that's the graphics program. It was a 4 cd set > of at least one Linux distro and a boat load of open source stuff. > > It predated redhat so it was huge back in the day, way better to > buy that than spend a bizillion days on ftp over a modem. > > H.J. Lu's stuff was on it. > > Does anyone know where he is? I can go look if that helps. > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 06:59:14PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > > I have to go look but I think I might have this on CD. I used to have > > a drawer full of install cds that went back to the 1990's. If I don't > > follow up, they are gone. > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 06:40:45PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote: > > > > The files used to be on tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/GCC in rootdisk > and > > > > basedisk subdirectories. > > > > > > There's a copy of the tsx-11 archives in the Internet Archive here, > > > along with 8 other archival CDs from Pacific HiTech, but it doesn't > > > seem to include the directories you want: > > > > > > https://archive.org/details/OfficialRedHatCommercialLiNUXV3.0.3 > > > > > > The same item also has a copy of the old Sunsite archive on 4 CD > images. > > > Was there a mirror of H.J. Lu's early stuff in sunsite? > > > > > > Searching for "tsx-11" in the search box at the Internet Archive > > > turns up half a dozen (typically CDROM .ISO) images of various copies > > > of the tsx-11 archives. > > > > > > Unfortunately, the Internet Archive never directly crawled > tsx-11.mit.edu, > > > seemingly because it was never accessible via http? > > > > > > John > > > > > > > -- > > --- > > Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com > http://www.mcvoy.com/lm > > -- > --- > Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com > http://www.mcvoy.com/lm > --0000000000007acb6e05aa9c60d3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I usually think of him and Theodore Ts'o in the s= ame context (which is to say, tsx-11/MIT), so perhaps he would know?=C2=A0 = LinkedIn claims he's at Intel somewhere in the Bay area, but his employ= ment there dates (LinkedIn claims) to 2003...so, possible, or maybe he just= dropped off the radar sometime between then and now.

Adam

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 8:36 PM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
I looked, don't have it.=C2=A0 T= here was a red 4 CD set, I want to say it
was ImageMagick but that's the graphics program.=C2=A0 It was a 4 cd se= t
of at least one Linux distro and a boat load of open source stuff.

It predated redhat so it was huge back in the day, way better to
buy that than spend a bizillion days on ftp over a modem.

H.J. Lu's stuff was on it.=C2=A0

Does anyone know where he is?=C2=A0 I can go look if that helps.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 06:59:14PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> I have to go look but I think I might have this on CD.=C2=A0 I used to= have
> a drawer full of install cds that went back to the 1990's.=C2=A0 I= f I don't
> follow up, they are gone.
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 06:40:45PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> > > The files used to be on tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/GCC in roo= tdisk and
> > > basedisk subdirectories.
> >
> > There's a copy of the tsx-11 archives in the Internet Archive= here,
> > along with 8 other archival CDs from Pacific HiTech, but it doesn= 't
> > seem to include the directories you want:
> >
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0https://archive= .org/details/OfficialRedHatCommercialLiNUXV3.0.3
> >
> > The same item also has a copy of the old Sunsite archive on 4 CD = images.
> > Was there a mirror of H.J. Lu's early stuff in sunsite?
> >
> > Searching for "tsx-11" in the search box at the Interne= t Archive
> > turns up half a dozen (typically CDROM .ISO) images of various co= pies
> > of the tsx-11 archives.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the Internet Archive never directly crawled tsx-11.mit= .edu,
> > seemingly because it was never accessible via http?
> >
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0John
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
>
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> Larry McVoy=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 lm at mcvoy.com=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0http://www.mcvoy.com/lm

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