[TUHS] Other Bell Labs shells from the 80s?

[Marc Rochkind via TUHS]

WH was indeed Whippany. DR was Denver (Westminster, CO, actually).

Marc

On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM Alex Bochannek via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
wrote:

> Arnold Robbins via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> writes:
>
> > Hello all.
> >
> > The CL memo was interesting, in a way.  The notations are clearly
> > much more verbose than the standard shell, and I found that a little
> > off-putting.
> >
> > The memo's references refer to Marc Rochkind's 2dsh --- Marc, whatever
> > happened to that? Are source and or the memo for it available somewhere?
> >
> > Also it refers to a shell by Blewett and arder called Parser. Anyone
> > have that memo?
>
> I received the scans of the 2dsh and the Parser memos. The Parser scan
> is pretty poor quality, but legible. What's interesting is that Parser
> makes reference to both the TOPS-20/TENEX EXEC as well as the Interlisp
> history facility. The latter of which is where C-Shell got its
> inspiration from as well.
>
> I noticed the location listed for Marc Rochkind is WH, which suspect was
> Whippany. But it lists "DR" for Blewett and Rader. What was the DR
> location of Bell Labs?
>
> --
> Alex.
>