8 Oct
2023
8 Oct
'23
10:37 p.m.
I was digging around my desk looking for something and I came across a
quaint piece of UNIX history. Many years ago HCR gave away “foobars.”
They had a gold one, which Rick “Seismo” Adams won and a silver one
that I have in front of me now. The ounce of silver was never really
worth enough for me to want to cash it in (I think Rick promptly did so
with his ounce of gold).
9 Oct
9 Oct
12:05 a.m.
(From my office wall)
1987 HCR "commemorative plate"
https://technologists.com/photos/1987/fullsize/1987ThompsonRitchie.jpg
1991 Dell SVR4 (& other) plaque
https://technologists.com/photos/1991/sm1991DellQ1.jpg
1991 486 die photo https://technologists.com/photos/1991/sm1991Intel486.jpg
On 10/8/2023 5:37 PM, Ron Natalie wrote:
I was digging around my desk looking for something and
I came across a
quaint piece of UNIX history. Many years ago HCR gave away “foobars.”
They had a gold one, which Rick “Seismo” Adams won and a silver one
that I have in front of me now. The ounce of silver was never really
worth enough for me to want to cash it in (I think Rick promptly did so
with his ounce of gold).
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9:48 a.m.
No photos? I'd like to see this...
- Henry
On October 8, 2023 18:37:43 "Ron Natalie" <ron(a)ronnatalie.com> wrote:
I was digging around my desk looking for something and
I came across a quaint piece of UNIX history. Many years ago HCR gave away “foobars.”
They had a gold one, which Rick “Seismo” Adams won and a silver one that I have in front
of me now. The ounce of silver was never really worth enough for me to want to cash it
in (I think Rick promptly did so with his ounce of gold).
2:50 p.m.
Really doesn’t look like much, just a bar. THey had put “HCR FOOBAR”
on the thing with letraset or something but that all flaked off over
the years.
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From "Henry Mensch" <henry(a)henare.com>
To "Ron Natalie" <ron(a)ronnatalie.com>om>; "TUHS main list"
<tuhs(a)tuhs.org>
Date 10/9/23, 5:48:47 AM
Subject Re: [TUHS] HCR FOOBAR
No photos? I'd like to see this...
- Henry
On October 8, 2023 18:37:43 "Ron Natalie" <ron(a)ronnatalie.com> wrote:
I was digging around my desk looking for something
and I came across a
quaint piece of UNIX history. Many years ago HCR gave away
“foobars.” They had a gold one, which Rick “Seismo” Adams won and a
silver one that I have in front of me now. The ounce of silver was
never really worth enough for me to want to cash it in (I think Rick
promptly did so with his ounce of gold).
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