From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) 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,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 26422 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2020 14:21:36 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 30 Mar 2020 14:21:36 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8B5F49D9CB; Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:21:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20C8A9D713; Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:21:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DA1359D712; Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:21:15 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 2553 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:21:15 AEST Received: from nb3.reedmedia.net (nb3.reedmedia.net [71.19.148.35]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 992949D711 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:21:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [47.185.49.132] (helo=reedmedia.net) by nb3.reedmedia.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1jIuck-0006jc-O7 for tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:38:42 +0000 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 27380-1585575518; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:38:39 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:38:38 -0500 (CDT) From: reed@reedmedia.net X-X-Sender: reed@t1.m.reedmedia.net To: TUHS main list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20C3B8BE-E371-4694-8A34-EEC6A5461FAD@planet.nl> <202003291404.02TE4dAI022916@freefriends.org> <2298456D-A786-40C2-9C68-26C99E2002E1@planet.nl> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (NEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [TUHS] 8th Edition timeline 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" On Mon, 30 Mar 2020, Clem Cole wrote: ... > kernel support to?handle?select(2) properly).? I remember talking to Sam (arguing > with him most probably) about it one night before it was fully created.? ?Iwant > to say, he had worked on something similar at the firm he was at (the firm > name I now forget -- si-mumble -- they were in Mt. View) before he joined > CRSG.? I don't remember now the issues I had, but I do remember it was a bit > of mess to support the way the AP hardware assumed it could do DMA on the > UBA[2] >From my notes: After graduating, Leffler got a job in the Silicon Valley at Sytek, a small firm in Sunnyvale. % CITE: archives/csrg-archives/disk1/mnt/2.79/usenet/netdir/sites/sytek They used a PDP 11/45 and moved to a VAX 11/750 running VM/UNIX with four 300 baud ACU's (Automatic Call Units aka ``modems``) --- they marketed a broadband network to connect thousands of stations using coaxial cable over a distance of 40 miles. % maybe CITE: http://books.google.com/books?id=AyZfLaxYr9YC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq= %28408%29+734-9000++sytek&source=bl&ots=SYGI9rBAOV&sig=rxBo1SgfqdTLuNotXaa59nrR6 C4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CzbwUJTjI6HN2QX48oGIAw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%28408%29%20 734-9000%20%20sytek&f=false Since they were using a VAX and he had kept in touch with Joy, he was a beta-test site for 4BSD.\cite{salus1994} % NOTE: about sytek: an ad to find employees %http://books.google.com/books?id=ChMAmfS1nEkC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=%28408%29+734 -9000++sytek&source=bl&ots=aS_yQznXAy&sig=6vA7NTbspu3gcf_jT2sOiUSRPZU&hl=en&sa=X &ei=CzbwUJTjI6HN2QX48oGIAw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%28408%29%20734-9000%20%2 0sytek&f=false % NOTE: not to take over since no Sun then Leffler went to Berkeley to work with Joy\cite{billshannon2} in the fall of 1981.\cite{salus1994}.