30 Jun
2016
30 Jun
'16
4:39 p.m.
On 6/30/16, Andrew Warkentin <andreww591(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/30/16, arnold(a)skeeve.com
<arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
AFAIK the later ESS switches include a 3B machine but it only handles
some administrative functions, with most of the the actual call
processing being performed in dedicated hardware.
I really should stop using Gmail's web interface and find an MUA that
has a "reply to list" feature and defaults to replying to the list for
messages from the list (it would presumably need explicit filters to
detect messages from some lists because not all lists use the
List-Post header). It's annoying when I try to reply to the list and
instead end up replying to only the poster (I know about the problems
with Reply-To munging; I'm not sure why it isn't more common for MUAs
to have a "reply to list" feature to better deal with lists that don't
munge Reply-To).
For
example, I thought Unix was used at some point as the OS for some
of the ESS switches in AT&T, but now I think I was mistaken.
I think that your initial statement is correct. At Georgia Tech AT&T gave
us some 3B20s - vax size and larger, running System V, and I remember
some
discussion that they were used inside AT&T as switches.
This, of course, is second hand information; perhaps some of the Bell
Labs
alumni can verify for real.
Arnold