[pups] Possible Trix source tape Was Fwd: Re: [TUHS] Re: AI LabLispmachine source code

First, an explanation - I'm interested in exhuming the Trix kernel - written at MIT -, which for a while was to have been the GNU kernel, according to RMS and the official FSF histories: http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU I've been in contact with RMS - pestering the poor hacker ;) - and he's told me he's got a tape that might have the Trix source on it, but he doesn't have a tape drive or enough time. I'm in NZ, which is a bit of a long way away from Mass., so I'm asking if anyone else in the vicinity is interested in seeing one of the earlier 7th Ed. clones to be written? I've got a number of reasons for wanting to read it - among them, the wish to compare with Minix 0.0 -, putting the ubiquity of Unix during the early 80s into perspective, and of course getting something to generalize any code I write for 32VI. So, if anyone's interested and in the vicinity, just get in touch with RMS and let him know you're interested and have the time. Thanks Wesley Parish P.S. It's interesting to consider what might've been if the GNU project hadn't got behind on the Hurd, and got up-to-speed with Trix. Jokes like "Who says you can't teach an old dog GNU TRIX?" spring immediately to mind ... ----- Forwarded message from Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> ----- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:17:32 -0500 From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> Reply-To: "rms(a)gnu.org" <rms(a)gnu.org> Subject: Re: [TUHS] Re: AI Lab Lispmachine source code To: Wesley Parish <wes.parish(a)paradise.net.nz> In this context it means, getting someone in the appropriate community who's interested, around to check up on the tape. Ok. I have the tape here. ----- End forwarded message ----- "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon.