While IBM, HP, Dec, Intel, Microsoft, and a cast of thousands have
been duking it out for the past 31-3/4 years, UNIX time() (ref: man 3 time)
has been steadily plodding along and has quietly ticked past 1 billion seconds
within the last day or so.
>So... what are the most outstanding examples of classic systems whose
>timekeeping mechanisms have withstood the passage of time (including any
>that would have if they were still running today)?
Big Ben in London? :-p
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
That hits home.
I had a some email exchanges with Tim a couple of years
ago when I discovered his site and sorted through some of
the disk images he had online.
A great guy, and truly a great loss.
At 09:42 PM 9/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Today Tim Olmstead passed away from a battle with cancer.
>A great loss.
>
>For those less familiar with his efforts for the classic computer
>community the _Unofficial CP/M Web_ site is his effort.
>
>For me I lost a friend and someone that shared the love of a system
>he could totally understand to the very hardware and bits that made
>it run.
>
>Allison
>
>
>
In a message dated 09/11/2001 14:25:22, you wrote:
>I think he is in Florida with Dave Mcguire and Brian Hechinger rescuing some
>
>machines.
>
> Zach
yes, they are due back today or tomorrow - hopefully tomorrow.
To all of you over there:
I can?t describe what I felt when having heard those bad news an seen the
first pictures... Tears are in my and many German eyes feeling with everyone
injured or the people who have lost relatives or friends... As my English is
not very good I?m not going to try to say more. Words are missings for those
feelings...
Thomas
(from Germany)
In a message dated 9/11/2001 11:18:39 AM Central Daylight Time,
DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes:
>
> >>
>> Of course the intelligence community is busy evacuating their buildings so
>> it can't be reached. How they're going to do their jobs is another
>> mystery.
>>
>>
>>
>
> You do know that they have a second HQ hidden in a mountain somewhere...
>
yea, my brother said mount weather's going to get used now...
The second plane was confirmed to be a 767, not a 737...
Please contact the Red Cross to donate blood...
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
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! -----Original Message-----
! From: Chad Fernandez [mailto:fernande@internet1.net]
! Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:00 AM
! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
! Subject: Re: OT: World Trade crash...
!
!
! How big is a 737? I didn't think an airplane would do that much
! damage. The Empire State building has been hit before, by accident,
! although, it prpbably wasn't a direct hit.
!
! I see it on TV, However. I'm stunned, really.
!
! Chad Fernandez
! Michigan, USA
!
! David Woyciesjes wrote:
! >
! > I take it you all heard about the two 737s (?) hitting the
! world trade
! > buildings...
! > one was possibly a hijacked airliner... each hit a seperate tower, I
! > believe...
! >
! > --- David A Woyciesjes
! > --- C & IS Support Specialist
! > --- Yale University Press
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