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  1. During the Emacs meetup yesterday, we started talking about Emacs LISP (of course) and I mentioned that I first learned LISP years (decades) ago. I was asked what version of LISP this was and I could not answer. So I've looked into this, just out curiosity.

    I learned LISP on a mainframe (Amdahl 470V/6), an IBM plug compatible system. This system ran the Michigan Terminal System as its operating system. The version of LISP available on this system was 1.5, according to Wikipedia: see link below and, in particular, reference 92 in the list at the end of the page.

    As an aside, I loved MTS. Very impressive time sharing system, supporting hundreds of simultaneous terminal users (with the aid of what were called *front end communications processors*).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

    #Emacs #LISP #EmacsLISP #MTS #MichiganTerminalSystem #Amdahl #Wikipedia

  2. During the Emacs meetup yesterday, we started talking about Emacs LISP (of course) and I mentioned that I first learned LISP years (decades) ago. I was asked what version of LISP this was and I could not answer. So I've looked into this, just out curiosity.

    I learned LISP on a mainframe (Amdahl 470V/6), an IBM plug compatible system. This system ran the Michigan Terminal System as its operating system. The version of LISP available on this system was 1.5, according to Wikipedia: see link below and, in particular, reference 92 in the list at the end of the page.

    As an aside, I loved MTS. Very impressive time sharing system, supporting hundreds of simultaneous terminal users (with the aid of what were called *front end communications processors*).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

    #Emacs #LISP #EmacsLISP #MTS #MichiganTerminalSystem #Amdahl #Wikipedia

  3. During the Emacs meetup yesterday, we started talking about Emacs LISP (of course) and I mentioned that I first learned LISP years (decades) ago. I was asked what version of LISP this was and I could not answer. So I've looked into this, just out curiosity.

    I learned LISP on a mainframe (Amdahl 470V/6), an IBM plug compatible system. This system ran the Michigan Terminal System as its operating system. The version of LISP available on this system was 1.5, according to Wikipedia: see link below and, in particular, reference 92 in the list at the end of the page.

    As an aside, I loved MTS. Very impressive time sharing system, supporting hundreds of simultaneous terminal users (with the aid of what were called *front end communications processors*).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

    #Emacs #LISP #EmacsLISP #MTS #MichiganTerminalSystem #Amdahl #Wikipedia

  4. During the Emacs meetup yesterday, we started talking about Emacs LISP (of course) and I mentioned that I first learned LISP years (decades) ago. I was asked what version of LISP this was and I could not answer. So I've looked into this, just out curiosity.

    I learned LISP on a mainframe (Amdahl 470V/6), an IBM plug compatible system. This system ran the Michigan Terminal System as its operating system. The version of LISP available on this system was 1.5, according to Wikipedia: see link below and, in particular, reference 92 in the list at the end of the page.

    As an aside, I loved MTS. Very impressive time sharing system, supporting hundreds of simultaneous terminal users (with the aid of what were called *front end communications processors*).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

    #Emacs #LISP #EmacsLISP #MTS #MichiganTerminalSystem #Amdahl #Wikipedia

  5. Amdahl employee magazine (1985) with excellent history of the founding and first machines of #Amdahl (1970). 1000bit.it/ad/bro/amdahl/Amdah

  6. Amdahl employee magazine (1985) with excellent history of the founding and first machines of #Amdahl (1970). 1000bit.it/ad/bro/amdahl/Amdah

  7. Amdahl employee magazine (1985) with excellent history of the founding and first machines of #Amdahl (1970). 1000bit.it/ad/bro/amdahl/Amdah

  8. Amdahl employee magazine (1985) with excellent history of the founding and first machines of #Amdahl (1970). 1000bit.it/ad/bro/amdahl/Amdah

  9. 1984 hand-written presentation by Pat Gelsinger(!) to Intel Engineers about UNIX & UTS (my baby!) gregbryant.com/intel/pat_gelsi
    #UNIX #Intel #Amdahl #i386

  10. 1984 hand-written presentation by Pat Gelsinger(!) to Intel Engineers about UNIX & UTS (my baby!) gregbryant.com/intel/pat_gelsi
    #UNIX #Intel #Amdahl #i386

  11. 1984 hand-written presentation by Pat Gelsinger(!) to Intel Engineers about UNIX & UTS (my baby!) gregbryant.com/intel/pat_gelsi
    #UNIX #Intel #Amdahl #i386

  12. 1984 hand-written presentation by Pat Gelsinger(!) to Intel Engineers about UNIX & UTS (my baby!) gregbryant.com/intel/pat_gelsi
    #UNIX #Intel #Amdahl #i386

  13. Annual #introduction #ComputerHistory

    I'm a retired (3rd time) techie with an incredibly lucky career and family.

    I'm most famous as being employee number 8 of #SunMicrosystems, and I got to work with the Bell Labs #UNIX team for a summer during the birth of V7 #UNIX.

    My Silicon Valley career started with #Amdahl in 1978, followed by Sun for 12 years. I've since founded 4 startups (see profile).

    I toot about #ComputerHistory; I've been there for much of it.

  14. Annual #introduction #ComputerHistory

    I'm a retired (3rd time) techie with an incredibly lucky career and family.

    I'm most famous as being employee number 8 of #SunMicrosystems, and I got to work with the Bell Labs #UNIX team for a summer during the birth of V7 #UNIX.

    My Silicon Valley career started with #Amdahl in 1978, followed by Sun for 12 years. I've since founded 4 startups (see profile).

    I toot about #ComputerHistory; I've been there for much of it.

  15. Annual #introduction #ComputerHistory

    I'm a retired (3rd time) techie with an incredibly lucky career and family.

    I'm most famous as being employee number 8 of #SunMicrosystems, and I got to work with the Bell Labs #UNIX team for a summer during the birth of V7 #UNIX.

    My Silicon Valley career started with #Amdahl in 1978, followed by Sun for 12 years. I've since founded 4 startups (see profile).

    I toot about #ComputerHistory; I've been there for much of it.

  16. Annual #introduction #ComputerHistory

    I'm a retired (3rd time) techie with an incredibly lucky career and family.

    I'm most famous as being employee number 8 of #SunMicrosystems, and I got to work with the Bell Labs #UNIX team for a summer during the birth of V7 #UNIX.

    My Silicon Valley career started with #Amdahl in 1978, followed by Sun for 12 years. I've since founded 4 startups (see profile).

    I toot about #ComputerHistory; I've been there for much of it.