13 Aug
2024
13 Aug
'24
7:47 p.m.
I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix spotted near Mumbai
Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
- Dan C.
13 Aug
13 Aug
8:21 p.m.
On 8/13/24 08:47, Dan Cross wrote:
I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix
spotted near
Mumbai Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
- Dan C.
Wow, cool. But those coconuts have seen better days, is it sad that they
still trigger a yearning for fresh coconut?
- will
8:33 p.m.
Hi,
Dan wrote:
I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix
spotted near Mumbai
Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
Their wares: https://unixindia.in
--
Cheers, Ralph.
9:03 p.m.
Outstanding. IIRC Dennis used to have a collection of unices people sent
him. Some of them were pretty interesting. The logo on thet umbrella
makes me think that was one he had, but I can not tell you what it was
from. FWIW: The only one I found is a tube of super glue:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CIhuRZl5dnI7yNo5pBO3PWh1gI_OLVAk/view?usp=…
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix
spotted near Mumbai
Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
- Dan C.
14 Aug
14 Aug
12:15 a.m.
BWK certainly does --- there are some pictures in his memoirs, including
some Unix pens I found in Israel and sent to him, many, many moons ago.
Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
Outstanding. IIRC Dennis used to have a collection of
unices people sent
him. Some of them were pretty interesting. The logo on thet umbrella
makes me think that was one he had, but I can not tell you what it was
from. FWIW: The only one I found is a tube of super glue:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CIhuRZl5dnI7yNo5pBO3PWh1gI_OLVAk/view?usp=…
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix spotted near Mumbai
> Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
>
> - Dan C.
>
>
>
4:35 a.m.
On Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 11:15 AM, arnold(a)skeeve.com <arnold(a)skeeve.com>
wrote:
BWK certainly does --- there are some pictures in his
memoirs, including
some Unix pens I found in Israel and sent to him, many, many moons ago.
Clem Cole clemc(a)ccc.com wrote:
> Outstanding. IIRC Dennis used to have a collection of unices people sent
> him. Some of them were pretty interesting. The logo on thet umbrella
> makes me think that was one he had, but I can not tell you what it was
> from. FWIW: The only one I found is a tube of super glue:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CIhuRZl5dnI7yNo5pBO3PWh1gI_OLVAk/view?usp=…
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM Dan Cross crossd(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix spotted near Mumbai
> > Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
> >
> > - Dan C.
The relevant pages on dmr's Bell Labs page:
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherunix.html
I think of his collection of "diverse" UNIX variants whenever I see something
particularly out of place in an auction search for UNIX stuff. Among other things, UNIX
is a popular abbreviation for unisex, so I often find myself combing through auctions for
tshirts and shoes while trying to find computing history...
- Matt G.
P.S. Lumping in the bwk memoirs plug, purchased a copy not too long ago and I found it a
great read, certainly a good starting place for anyone first dipping their toes into UNIX
lore.
5:58 a.m.
On Tuesday, 13 August 2024 at 9:21:18 -0500, Will Senn wrote:
On 8/13/24 08:47, Dan Cross wrote:
FWIW, that's just the husk. The contents were probably completely OK.
I'm just wondering how you use a coconut as a mobile phone accessory.
On Tuesday, 13 August 2024 at 22:35:06 +0000, The UNIX Heritage Society wrote:
I thought some may appreciate the linked photo:
Unix spotted near Mumbai
Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
Wow, cool. But those coconuts have seen better days, is it sad that they
still trigger a yearning for fresh coconut?
The relevant pages on dmr's Bell Labs page:
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherunix.html
One that's missing there is one I saw in Frankfurt (Main) in the late
1980s: a car rental company called "Unix rent". Unfortunately I never
had a camera with me when I saw it. A Google search brings up a
number of poor quality links, a few images and
http://web.deu.edu.tr/berent/unix/otherunix.html , which appears to be
a modified version of dmr's page.
Greg
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6:03 a.m.
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote in
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|On Tuesday, 13 August 2024 at 9:21:18 -0500, Will Senn wrote:
|> On 8/13/24 08:47, Dan Cross wrote:
|>> I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix spotted near Mumbai
|>> Central Railway Station, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
|>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
|>>
|> Wow, cool. But those coconuts have seen better days, is it sad that they
|> still trigger a yearning for fresh coconut?
|
|FWIW, that's just the husk. The contents were probably completely OK.
|I'm just wondering how you use a coconut as a mobile phone accessory.
|
|On Tuesday, 13 August 2024 at 22:35:06 +0000, The UNIX Heritage Society \
|wrote:
|>
|> The relevant pages on dmr's Bell Labs page:
|>
|> https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherunix.html
|
|One that's missing there is one I saw in Frankfurt (Main) in the late
|1980s: a car rental company called "Unix rent". Unfortunately I never
Hmm but there is one with identical logo, only from Düsseldorf
iirc. That's the same logo, no?
|had a camera with me when I saw it. A Google search brings up a
|number of poor quality links, a few images and
|http://web.deu.edu.tr/berent/unix/otherunix.html , which appears to be
|a modified version of dmr's page.
--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
14 Aug
14 Aug
6:13 a.m.
On Wednesday, 14 August 2024 at 2:03:54 +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote in
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I presume so. After 35 years I wouldn't lay my hand in the fire. The
search results pointed to a number of places in Germany. Solingen
seems to have been popular.
And in passing, for today's calendar, we have:
Aug 14 First Unix-based mallet created, 1954
I think we once came to an explanation, but I have forgotten it.
Greg
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One that's missing there is one I saw in Frankfurt (Main) in the late
1980s: a car rental company called "Unix rent". Unfortunately I never
Hmm but there is one with identical logo, only from Düsseldorf
iirc. That's the same logo, no? 
6:55 a.m.
I keep my Glenda in a UNIX box:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yozuWteeEhNehJxE9
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 3:35 PM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
On Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 11:15 AM,
arnold(a)skeeve.com <
arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
BWK certainly does --- there are some pictures in
his memoirs, including
some Unix pens I found in Israel and sent to him, many, many moons ago.
Clem Cole clemc(a)ccc.com wrote:
> Outstanding. IIRC Dennis used to have a collection of unices people
sent
> him. Some of them were pretty interesting.
The logo on thet umbrella
> makes me think that was one he had, but I can not tell you what it was
> from. FWIW: The only one I found is a tube of super glue:
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CIhuRZl5dnI7yNo5pBO3PWh1gI_OLVAk/view?usp=…
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM Dan Cross crossd(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I thought some may appreciate the linked photo: Unix spotted near
Mumbai
> > Central Railway Station, Mumbai
(Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/acTTsfvYt5suP4wS6
> >
> > - Dan C.
The relevant pages on dmr's Bell Labs page:
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/otherunix.html
I think of his collection of "diverse" UNIX variants whenever I see
something particularly out of place in an auction search for UNIX stuff.
Among other things, UNIX is a popular abbreviation for unisex, so I often
find myself combing through auctions for tshirts and shoes while trying to
find computing history...
- Matt G.
P.S. Lumping in the bwk memoirs plug, purchased a copy not too long ago
and I found it a great read, certainly a good starting place for anyone
first dipping their toes into UNIX lore.
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