A computer pioneer, he is credited with the invention of core memory; fascinating stuff, when you realise that a "read" involves a couple of write cycles :-) Sense windings, etc... And 386BSD was released on this day in 1992, when William and Lynne Jolitz started the Open Source movement; well, that's what my notes say, and corrections are welcome (I know that Gilmore likes to take credit for just about everything). -- Dave