From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 23c25266 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 559A99EDED; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B156C9EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3B21A9EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta08p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta08p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.72]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 064BE9C1EB for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep08p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20180615230510.XRZK28792.viclafep08p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:10 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedthedrleejgddulecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5B0418AC0318E8E2 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:09 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w5FN598j091682 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:09 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id w5FN59IR091679 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:09 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:05:09 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <20180615152542.E1EC918C08C@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: References: <20180615152542.E1EC918C08C@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.999 (BSF 260 2018-02-26) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] core X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, 15 Jun 2018, Noel Chiappa wrote: > This story repets itself over and over again, though: one of the > Watson's saying there was a probably market for of > computers; Ken Olsen saying people wouldn't want computers in their > homes; etc, etc. I seem to recall reading somewhere that these were urban myths... Does anyone have actual references in their contexts? E.g. Watson was talking about the multi-megabuck 704/709/7094 etc, and I think that Olsens's quote was about the DEC-System 10... -- Dave, who has been known to be wrong before