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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26309 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2021 21:43:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Jan 2021 21:43:26 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5DFED9C865; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 07:43:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486AE9C653; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 07:43:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 375C59C653; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 07:43:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta11p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta11p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 927279C63D for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 07:43:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep11p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210130214258.ZMHN18700.nsstlfep11p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:42:58 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrfeeggdduheegucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehmtddtredtreejnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepieegteeivdevfeffudekhfegleduveejkedtgfefudekhfekleelvdejheetfeefnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghequceuqfffjgepkeeukffvoffkoffgpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5FE6CD4109D93B6B for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:42:58 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 10ULgvLx067238 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:42:57 +1100 (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 10ULguCw067235 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:42:57 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:42:56 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <202101301950.10UJoWeA456408@darkstar.fourwinds.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) 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: multipart/mixed; boundary="1483753691-636798902-1612042977=:36435" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Favorite unix design principles? 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1483753691-636798902-1612042977=:36435 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, Clem Cole wrote: > Look I grew up with a 256K byte RAM Unix V6 system on an 11/34, 3 RK05s > and an RK07 for storage.  We swapped.  Yeah, I never ran a window > manager, but he had a number of 9600K terminals on DH11's and we were > happy.  You could see it swapping like mad, but that system never > crashed.  It just ran and ran and ran. You had *three* RK05s, an RK07, *and* a DH11? We had just two, and a crappy DJ-11 on our /40s. Pretty much stable; any bugs were fixed on the spot because we had the source code after all. (They were configured that way to run RSX-11D, then that issue of the BSTJ appeared; the rest is history.) -- Dave --1483753691-636798902-1612042977=:36435--