Forum: >>> Magnum BBS <<<

Dark
Log in

Username Password

Re: RIP Gordon Bell

From =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?=@21:1/5 to Craig A. Berry on Tue May 21 18:46:37 2024

On 5/21/2024 6:19 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/>

I am a little curious about the division of work at DEC back then.

Was Bell and Strecker running the HW side (VAX) while Gourd,
Cutler, Hustvedt and Lipman was running the OS side (VMS)?

Arne

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)

From Craig A. Berry@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 21 17:19:56 2024

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/>

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)

Who's Online
Recent Visitors
- Centurion
  Sun Jun 7 16:59:51 2026
  from Berea, Ohio via Telnet
- Furryboy
  Sun Jun 7 13:40:29 2026
  from Romania, Galati via SSH
- Krenn
  Sun Jun 7 10:02:33 2026
  from Sydney, Nsw via Telnet
- Spearb0y
  Sun Jun 7 07:41:05 2026
  from Massachusetts via SSH
- Krenn
  Sun Jun 7 03:07:26 2026
  from Sydney, Nsw via Telnet
- Krenn
  Sun Jun 7 01:30:12 2026
  from Sydney, Nsw via Telnet
- Centurion
  Sat Jun 6 23:27:30 2026
  from Berea, Ohio via Telnet
- Ab Cadd
  Sat Jun 6 15:42:53 2026
  from Sheboygan, Wi via Telnet

System Info

Sysop:	Keyop
Location:	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
Users:	715
Nodes:	16 (2 / 14)
Uptime:	01:41:50
Calls:	12,098
Calls today:	6
Files:	15,003
Messages:	6,517,865