OT: old Ciscos, was Re: [HECnet] Ethernet Marks 40 Years Linking People, Computers in a Wired World

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: On Fri, 24 May 2013, Gregg Levine wrote: On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 05/24/2013 12:43 PM, Gregg Levine wrote: Funny you should mention the keyword NuBus in your presentation. Yes the Apple Mac II machines used it. They licensed it from TI, who developed it while exploring the wonders of Lisp. Anyone here remember the Lisp Machines that were extremely popular once? Oh yes, I have several of them here, all Symbolics. A 3640, 3645, and an XL1201. One was made by TI. And it used that expansion bus. Yes, the TI Explorer. I hadn't remembered that that was where NuBus came from. Neat. Then it's less of a happenstance thing that Cisco used it, given their Lisp connections back then. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA Hello! Okay then. ----- **Those machines are being used by something big and orange wearing cheap sneakers, to support a massive delivery of bad data on a network nearby.** The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes? ;) ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Experiments Hello! No not Goldy's favorite. Try the monster who spent several hours last week or so, banging on your Tops-10 (or Tops-20) setup. He moved and is now doing worse on those machines. In fact its aimed in your direction...... -- ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."