[TUHS] 1994 Usenix Playing Cards

Arnold Robbins via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Mon Jan 26 20:30:07 AEST 2026


Ah. Sort of like EGREG in the later Research versions. :-)

Marc Donner <marc.donner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, you don't know my sense of humor.  I was joking.
>
> I saw Peter Weinberger's name on the Joker, that's all.
>
> I do not recall that Peter was much involved in USENIX.  I'll ask him when
> I next see him.
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>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:
>
> > What do you mean? What's the story?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Arnold
> >
> > Marc Donner via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
> >
> > > It was all Peter Weinberger's doing.
> > >
> > > I still have that deck somewhere in my apartment.  I wonder if I can find
> > > it ...
> > > =====
> > > mindthegapdialogs.com <https://www.mindthegapdialogs.com>
> > > north-fork.info <https://www.north-fork.info>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM Ori Kuttner via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wonder how it was decided which person will be on which card :-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Ori Kuttner CEO Helicon Books
> > > > http://www.heliconbooks.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM Thalia Archibald via TUHS <
> > tuhs at tuhs.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Jan 24, 2026, at 21:49, Warren Toomey wrote:
> > > > > > All:
> > https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Memorabilia/Usenix_Playing_Cards/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ben Greenfield just scanned these in and sent them to me :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks Ben!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Warren,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have an identical deck and I’ve uploaded the photos I took to the
> > same
> > > > > directory.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob Ricci gave it to me on 7 November 2025 after the start of my
> > research
> > > > > into
> > > > > the UNIX V4 tape. I believe some Utah researchers were involved with
> > this
> > > > > USENIX
> > > > > and this is from leftover stock.
> > > > >
> > > > > I’m happy to scan them at 600 dpi with our scanner, like the UNIX
> > > > > documents I’ve
> > > > > put up on the Internet Archive.
> > > > >    https://archive.org/details/@archibits
> > > > >
> > > > > Thalia
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >


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