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====== Clem Cole's Student Experiences ====== | ====== Clem Cole's Student Experiences ====== | ||
- | I was a student, but working as a 360/TSS programmer and PDP-10/20 | + | I was a student, but working as a 360/TSS programmer and PDP-10/20\\ |
- | programmer in the CMU computer ctr. I also did some hacking for the EE | + | programmer in the CMU computer ctr. I also did some hacking for the EE\\ |
- | dept mostly for free for them - as EE was my major. | + | dept mostly for free for them - as EE was my major. |
- | the time was working for an EE prof and she got me to bring UNIX over | + | the time was working for an EE prof and she got me to bring UNIX over\\ |
- | from CS (EE had a 11/ | + | from CS (EE had a 11/ |
- | of course had numerious 11's as they were building C.mmp and writing | + | of course had numerious 11's as they were building C.mmp and writing\\ |
- | Hydra. | + | Hydra. |
- | was a CMU/3 River' | + | was a CMU/3 River' |
- | | + | \\ |
- | Anyway, I had access to the only 11/ | + | Anyway, I had access to the only 11/ |
- | center where I worked - which was important because V5 and V6 really | + | center where I worked - which was important because V5 and V6 really\\ |
- | wanted to be booted on an 11/ | + | wanted to be booted on an 11/ |
- | like me, had a similar job to mine, working for the CS Dept to pay his | + | like me, had a similar job to mine, working for the CS Dept to pay his\\ |
- | bills. | + | bills. |
- | had was both common and complementary - so all the systems programmers | + | had was both common and complementary - so all the systems programmers\\ |
- | tended to have ``guest accounts'' | + | tended to have ``guest accounts'' |
- | the common threads with access to all versions of the HW were sort in | + | the common threads with access to all versions of the HW were sort in\\ |
- | the middle of moving this stuff around. | + | the middle of moving this stuff around.\\ |
- | | + | \\ |
- | Note: CMU/CS had already done the V5 to V6. EE never had V5, | + | Note: CMU/CS had already done the V5 to V6. EE never had V5,\\ |
- | although any of us that had CS accounts has briefly used it there. | + | although any of us that had CS accounts has briefly used it there.\\ |
- | | + | \\ |
- | In the fall of ??1976?? I believe, ted kowalski shows up for his OYOC | + | In the fall of ??1976?? I believe, ted kowalski shows up for his OYOC\\ |
- | year in the EE dept after his summer at Bell Labs, and graduating U | + | year in the EE dept after his summer at Bell Labs, and graduating U\\ |
- | Michigan (he was once Bill Joy's housemate at Michigan in a strange | + | Michigan (he was once Bill Joy's housemate at Michigan in a strange\\ |
- | twist of fate). | + | twist of fate). |
- | of what would become K&R and copy of typesetter C, and a copy of | + | of what would become K&R and copy of typesetter C, and a copy of\\ |
- | UNIX/ | + | UNIX/ |
- | started to write originally at U Mich - fsck. [Hacking on fsck under | + | started to write originally at U Mich - fsck. [Hacking on fsck under\\ |
- | the tutorial guidence of tjk was my first real introduction into UNIX | + | the tutorial guidence of tjk was my first real introduction into UNIX\\ |
- | file system internals] | + | file system internals]\\ |
- | | + | \\ |
- | Ted brought back to AT&T to the 11/34 support and eventually 11/34A and | + | Ted brought back to AT&T to the 11/34 support and eventually 11/34A and\\ |
- | RK07 support that Dan and I would later do. He also spoke of the | + | RK07 support that Dan and I would later do. He also spoke of the\\ |
- | upcomming 7th edition. | + | upcomming 7th edition. |
- | into the main line at AT&T, because it was clear that was going to be | + | into the main line at AT&T, because it was clear that was going to be\\ |
- | system most people bought from then on. We keep asking when it was | + | system most people bought from then on. We keep asking when it was\\ |
- | going to be released. | + | going to be released. |
to Ted, we were very early. | to Ted, we were very early. | ||
- | In 1977/78 Dan and I would start to work from CMIR - CMU's Industrial | + | \\ |
- | Research arm which had a new group start up a person who originally had | + | In 1977/78 Dan and I would start to work from CMIR - CMU's Industrial\\ |
- | an appointment in EE (Ron Krutz) - CMIR was the ``Mellon Institute'' | + | Research arm which had a new group start up a person who originally had\\ |
- | part of Cargnie-Mellon Univ). | + | an appointment in EE (Ron Krutz) - CMIR was the ``Mellon Institute'' |
- | on profit stuff. | + | part of Cargnie-Mellon Univ). |
- | from EE to be the basis and added to write a driver for the newest DEC | + | on profit stuff. |
- | disk (CMIR had serial #3 RK07 and a very early 34A). Ted was a little | + | from EE to be the basis and added to write a driver for the newest DEC\\ |
+ | disk (CMIR had serial #3 RK07 and a very early 34A). Ted was a little\\ | ||
nervious about the license, as CMIR was doing a lot of stuff in the | nervious about the license, as CMIR was doing a lot of stuff in the | ||
- | for profit part and the AT&T Unverisity Research License forbade that. | ||
- | The folks at CMIR promised to fix that, but it seemed like promises | ||
- | for a long time -- hense Dan and mine work slow down. My memory | ||
- | is that actual commercial license was purchase after we got V7, | ||
- | but that's purely memory. | ||
- | Certainly by the time I left for Tek, 1979 V7 was running at CMU. | ||
- | |||
- | But the point is... the Ted brought TS to CMU as a post V6 | ||
- | system. | ||
- | Ted. |
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