From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 57025ec8 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 08:47:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 466369BDDC; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 18:47:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954509BCCF; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 18:46:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=t.lastninja.net header.i=@t.lastninja.net header.b="JGGO4VSi"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="F8p7AsPB"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6E20A9BCCF; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 18:46:21 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 326 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:46:20 AEST Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA9D39B57D for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 18:46:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B6B2294C for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 03:40:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from imap8 ([10.202.2.58]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 09 Dec 2019 03:40:53 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=t.lastninja.net; h=mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:from:to :subject:content-type; s=fm1; bh=tedbHd+5yzIauSpmxQ1g8fZ9gsmV2Gr Pg5ytQo2C0+E=; b=JGGO4VSi3UWqbj7yqWGqLie/cYkVqXbpaUFoHSjWnp+xqyP tKTsJ1Zod1UPy4vXxg7o7tkEDrN7e/c6sILpKnE8DNJf/G0M/ZnoHeNxNoNqk4Cy ZsfPfxezi1b3LI739eGz3NtbOg9Bwo1dChF6ynIZLoYKiRSwAaw7ghqsoUud3wRf CAfaJ2TbwBEKm3TX5pjrT/KTrxDkJSfjQ2uZnGJbawp2Gap6WJs5n0jc066JRGmE LcToaYleVzYhVZ47HcuPLweEQC327HODwVCR7/41cc33deAef9WAdh13g5jBCcDb EPNTE9lSQ4/LS0bMk5EtlkNh2lcrlLwsW9tsnQQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=tedbHd +5yzIauSpmxQ1g8fZ9gsmV2GrPg5ytQo2C0+E=; b=F8p7AsPBWpszBzZ9hjhc44 hN8l6rVHdlF6qSlzQEkMR6K93M5ZkuFsRUMrx5QhwPD3lIW7zXHXf85QTcadXrlH iP/ec8zI9t6PH9lmxVO1g4Gl11n8YAsMT9CqY6wzRtAN6z/1wFeEXVL+HRGYIkDV e+ZXQ+O8Q+MWMY/xD1Ndrjf+FA1Stf3DMNwkIjglp5VvcU30/TI4PybYOU3mZKxl g9NsPWg7l4BAbGehuWSV6qxe6c474hs8wTqjIfinDaGda1Q4QIugG23oWR56ukWL 16cJtWFehNi4wUEaqw6G+jExROiw8BUyv7ZcJSuZbH3E921e2eDk4TZsToGzUYRg == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrudekledguddvtdcutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvufgtsehttdertderredtnecuhfhrohhmpedfpfgr vhgvvghnucfprghthhgrnhdfuceothhuhhhssehtrdhlrghsthhnihhnjhgrrdhnvghtqe enucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhuhhhssehtrdhlrghsthhnihhnjhgrrdhn vghtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 59FF9520093; Mon, 9 Dec 2019 03:40:53 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.1.7-612-g13027cc-fmstable-20191203v1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <3d1053b0debfc5a79267860e058b1d07e7686811@webmail.yaccman.com> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:40:31 +1100 From: "Naveen Nathan" To: "Ken Thompson via TUHS" Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [TUHS] Gaming on early Unix 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, 9 Dec 2019, at 11:35 AM, Ken Thompson via TUHS wrote: > in the early 70s, noone had seen a computer. > i had a terminal at home and we were giving > a dinner party. i wrote several games for the > party from the back of an off-the-shelf puzzle > book. Hi Ken, I might be too young to understand the communication technologies that existed in the 70s. How did the terminal connect back to the main computer? Did you have a fixed line or did you dial-in over POTS (plain old telephone service)? Thanks, Naveen