20 May
2020
20 May
'20
3:29 a.m.
> I don't recall any use of Chaos in 1127.
Possibly one of
> the nearby groups who also used the Research system needed
> it at some point
Speculating wildly, maybe there was a Lisp machine
somewhere?
None that I can remember.
Doug
20 May
20 May
6:06 a.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
I have vague memories of one in 1135 or 1138. Could just be thinking of the
Symbolics poster by Bart's desk, though, the one advertising Emacs's "over
400 easy to use commands".
-rob
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:30 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> I
don't recall any use of Chaos in 1127. Possibly one of
> the nearby groups who also used the Research system needed
> it at some point
Speculating wildly, maybe there was a Lisp
machine somewhere?
None that I can remember.
Doug
11:43 a.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
Lillian Schwartz used a symbolics, and has missed it in recent years.
On May 20, 2020, at 2:06 AM, Rob Pike
<robpike(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have vague memories of one in 1135 or 1138. Could just be thinking of the Symbolics
poster by Bart's desk, though, the one advertising Emacs's "over 400 easy
to use commands".
-rob
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:30 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> I don't recall any use of Chaos in 1127.
Possibly one of
> the nearby groups who also used the Research system needed
> it at some point
Speculating wildly, maybe there was a Lisp
machine somewhere?
None that I can remember.
Doug 
12:30 p.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
Who had the symbolics Lillian used? I know it wasn't the MH wing of 113.
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 7:50 AM William Cheswick <ches(a)cheswick.com> wrote:
Lillian Schwartz used a symbolics, and has missed it
in recent years.
On May 20, 2020, at 2:06 AM, Rob Pike
<robpike(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have vague memories of one in 1135 or 1138. Could just be thinking of
the
Symbolics poster by Bart's desk, though, the one advertising Emacs's
"over 400 easy to use commands".
-rob
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:30 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu>
wrote:
> I
don't recall any use of Chaos in 1127. Possibly one of
> the nearby groups who also used the Research system needed
> it at some point
Speculating wildly, maybe there was a Lisp
machine somewhere?
None that I can remember.
Doug 
21 May
21 May
3:18 p.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
On Wed, 20 May 2020, Rob Pike wrote:
I have vague memories of one in 1135 or 1138. Could
just be thinking of
the Symbolics poster by Bart's desk, though, the one advertising
Emacs's "over 400 easy to use commands".
My EMACS gatherings:
EMACS - eight megs and constantly swapping
"Enough Memory? A Concept Strange!"
I thought it stood for Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift
Emacs Makes A Computer Slow
Eventually Munches All Computer Storage
More contributions welcome... I'll put 'em on my pitiful excuse for a web
page some day.
-- Dave, a committed VI user (and probably who ought to be committed)
4:29 p.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
On 05/21/20 11:18, Dave Horsfall wrote (in part):
More contributions welcome... I'll put 'em
on my pitiful excuse for a
web page some day.
This is a pathetic contribution as I cannot remember when or where but I
recall a cartoon from decades ago that showed someone sitting at a
terminal and telling the person behind him that this editor (emacs) hits
the disc a little too often. The disc pack can be seen flying up from
its drive.
-- Dave, a committed VI user (and probably who ought
to be committed)
N. (mostly emacs these days but I use both #6-)
4:59 p.m.
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Dave Horsfall wrote:
My EMACS gatherings:
EMACS - eight megs and constantly swapping
...
GNU Emacs comes with a file called JOKES which has most of those.
A selection:
Emacs Means A Crappy Screen
Egregious Managers Actively Court Stallman
Generally Not Used Except by Middle Aged Computer Scientists
Emacs Makers Are Crazy Sickos
6:50 p.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
On 5/21/20, Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
My EMACS gatherings:
EMACS - eight megs and constantly swapping
"Enough Memory? A Concept Strange!"
I thought it stood for Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift
Emacs Makes A Computer Slow
Eventually Munches All Computer Storage
More contributions welcome... I'll put 'em on my pitiful excuse for a web
page some day.
Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift
-Paul W.
5:25 p.m.
New subject: Chaos networking in 8th edition (and in 7th)
there were several symbolics machines nearby in 1125/6. no reason for any of them
to be using chaosnet, but some probably did anyway.
Rob Pike writes:
I have vague memories of one in 1135 or 1138. Could
just be thinking of the
Symbolics poster by Bart's desk, though, the one advertising Emacs's
"over
400 easy to use commands".
-rob
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:30 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> >> I don't recall any use of Chaos in 1127. Possibly one of
> >> the nearby groups who also used the Research system needed
> >> it at some point
>
> > Speculating wildly, maybe there was a Lisp machine somewhere?
>
> None that I can remember.
>
> Doug
>
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