[TUHS] Re: BSTJ 1978 UNIX Issue Price Appreciation

On 12 May 2023, at 05:38, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote: Dan Siewiorek and Gordon Bell authors with Allen Newell of "Computer Structures: Principles and Examples" (a.k.a. SBN) - until Hennesy and Patterson wrote their book, was popularly used by the schools that taught computer architecture. [You can download a PDF from Gordon web site if you search for it] The book has copies of some of the most famous papers on computer architecture, among other things. Gordon was still on CMU's faculty part-time when he was at DEC when I was a student. I'm one of the many legacies of the over 50 years of teaching by Dan Siewiorek -- remember in the 1970s there was an infamous band (named after an interesting object BTW). His students sometimes referred to him as Steely Dan as a term of endearment. I think he has been emeritus for a number of years, but he still comes (walks) to work most days and still is part of the grad systems seminar. In fact, the last time I saw him, he had asked me to come to be a guest lecturer. Funny, I rarely get nervous before a talk, and I have had some interesting and infamous people in my audience asking questions. But doing a talk for someone who had been my undergrad advisor and I so revered did make me so. I wanted to do right for him. Clem