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_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22278 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2022 10:01:06 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Dec 2022 10:01:06 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7324841C87; Thu, 1 Dec 2022 20:00:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from gateway12.unifiedlayer.com (gateway12.unifiedlayer.com [70.40.219.80]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1062A41C80 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2022 20:00:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from atl3asocm02.websitewelcome.com (unknown [50.6.128.71]) by gateway12.unifiedlayer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A81200A079C for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from dallas136.arvixeshared.com ([23.91.70.4]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id 0gMjpzzRTL4Vs0gMjp5w6O; Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:00:25 +0000 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=humeweb.com ; s=default; h=To:References:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date: In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe :List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Uoi75W9VdaODSlEIcScfKqeyqg1c56L6CuWjDgK7f7M=; b=KRTq1pfjmzvACE4ZVSJl+h26MQ I7mwhRULoWa2SuG7l98bABhvFFpVktMuheVAYHCnAw3vyCfDgyO3GkGqwe6b/KevptBswimCRcO10 w1hGrb3TN42GjG2i338uHU3pkeOCcI6gRDgaXIV5BrpDIPSwC0s5/VND5taUCYOkAIZo=; Received: from 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net ([99.98.248.85]:52710 helo=smtpclient.apple) by dallas136.arvixeshared.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1p0gMi-003pm6-U9; Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:00:24 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3696.120.41.1.1\)) From: Andrew Hume In-Reply-To: <202212010853.2B18rOI8007094@freefriends.org> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 02:00:23 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <8f278bf8-de57-4e77-a3b8-d007d7c3a446@app.fastmail.com> <20221126191827.GV18011@mcvoy.com> <764dda08-f358-4c74-8056-ef8fc80bcaac@app.fastmail.com> <20221126232323.GX18011@mcvoy.com> <20221127001714.GY18011@mcvoy.com> <202211270443.2AR4hofO067295@ultimate.com> <0EB50C1F-D226-40BF-8F42-43CB988B036E@jctaylor.com> <2E7259F5-3881-49A2-8B07-BC0794052907@humeweb.com> <202212010853.2B18rOI8007094@freefriends.org> To: Aharon Robbins X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3696.120.41.1.1) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dallas136.arvixeshared.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - humeweb.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 99.98.248.85 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1p0gMi-003pm6-U9 X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net (smtpclient.apple) [99.98.248.85]:52710 X-Source-Auth: andrew@humeweb.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: YWh1bWU7YWh1bWU7ZGFsbGFzMTM2LmFydml4ZXNoYXJlZC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes Message-ID-Hash: HUGUYUFFUKQ5ML5VURNSR2EXT4B7WBKI X-Message-ID-Hash: HUGUYUFFUKQ5ML5VURNSR2EXT4B7WBKI X-MailFrom: andrew@humeweb.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@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Reaction to the 3B2 at Bell Labs List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: umm, we were porting System V to it. which was modestly straight = forward. as Skip remarked, the duplex versions (3B20D) ran DMERT, but singular 3B20=E2=80=99s were also common, and the plan was for them to run System = V. (as far as i can recall; this was around 1982 or so.) > On Dec 1, 2022, at 12:53 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: >=20 > Andrew Hume wrote: >=20 >> i was working at building 5 at murray hill in system V development = land >> when the first 3B20 arrived. the first order of business? running off = to the >> local Sears store to buy 4 car batteries so it could power up. what a = hoot! >=20 > So what did the 3B20s run when they were being used in a Telco? Unix? > Or some other specialized OS? >=20 > Or was said 3B20 a prototype before they'd been deployed to the = Telcos? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Arnold