6 Nov
2021
6 Nov
'21
9:33 a.m.
Sadly that is the case. Johnny Eriksson dies almost two years ago now,
and he was really the one that I knew that carried the TOPS-10 torch. He
was working on lots of things in and around TOPS-10. Not seeing anyone
else continuing that work. :-(
I should remove his nodes from the database, but I'm feeling nostalgic
every time I think about it, and avoid getting it done.
I guess I'm trying to avoid publicly acknowledging his death.
But none of those nodes will be coming back, I believe.
Johnny (the other one)
On 2021-11-06 00:51, Peter Lothberg wrote:
Our best Tops10 systems hacker in Stockholm, Johnny
Ericsson who I think
was responsible for
all TOPS10 systems in Area 1 died from a aneurysm in the brain some
years ago, that might explain
why those nodes are down.
-P
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*From: *"bob" <bob at jfcl.com>
*To: *"hecnet" <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
*Sent: *Friday, November 5, 2021 7:44:32 PM
*Subject: *RE: [HECnet] TOPS-10 D-Day, DECnet failure on November
9th is less than six days away
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
what are you all doing, anyhow?
? I suspect nobody actually uses their TOPS-10 machines much.? Of
those on your HECnet list, how many are actually running now?
Bob