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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 | + | programmer in the CMU computer |
- | dept mostly for free for them - as EE was my major. | + | department |
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 | + | of course had numerous |
- | 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 |
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 |
- | 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 hardware |
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 upgrade. 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, | + | In the fall of 1976 (I believe), Ted Kowalski |
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 | + | of what would become K&R and copy of phototypesetter |
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 | + | the tutorial |
file system internals] | file system internals] | ||
- | Ted brought back to AT& | + | Ted brought back to AT&T 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 | + | upcoming |
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 | + | 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 | Research arm which had a new group start up a person who originally had | ||
- | an appointment in EE (Ron Krutz) - CMIR was the ``Mellon Institute'' | + | an appointment in EE (Ron Krutz) - CMIR was the "Mellon Institute" |
part of Cargnie-Mellon Univ). | part of Cargnie-Mellon Univ). | ||
- | on profit stuff. | + | on profit stuff. |
from EE to be the basis and added to write a driver for the newest DEC | 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 | disk (CMIR had serial #3 RK07 and a very early 34A). Ted was a little | ||
- | nervious | + | nervous |
- | for profit part and the AT& | + | for profit part and the AT& |
The folks at CMIR promised to fix that, but it seemed like promises | 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 | + | for a long time -- hence Dan and mine work slow down. My memory |
is that actual commercial license was purchase after we got V7, | is that actual commercial license was purchase after we got V7, | ||
- | but that's purely memory. | + | but that's purely memory. |
Certainly by the time I left for Tek, 1979 V7 was running at CMU. | 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 | + | But the point is: Ted brought TS to CMU as a post V6 |
system. | system. | ||
Ted. | Ted. |
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