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| From | cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.multics |
| Subject | Re: How did Bell Labs start to work on Project MAC? |
| Date | 2023-01-24 22:30 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <tqpm6f$n5f$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <7e680266-e06e-4dd4-adef-4dbdec27ddb7n@googlegroups.com> |
In article <7e680266-e06e-4dd4-adef-4dbdec27ddb7n@googlegroups.com>, Acceptable Name <metta.crawler@gmail.com> wrote: >Did Bell Labs approach MIT or was it the other way around? >Did participating in Project MAC come from researchers >requesting management at Bell Labs/MIT or did management >make the decision due to dealing with other managers in >each of the two organizations? Did it grow out of an >informal arrangement into a format one? Interesting question. Corby's oral history from the computer history museum sheds some light on this; it seems that Ed David at Bell Labs was good friends with Bob Fano at MIT and they decided to work together. See page 16 of: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/05/102658041-05-01-acc.pdf - Dan C.
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How did Bell Labs start to work on Project MAC? Acceptable Name <metta.crawler@gmail.com> - 2023-01-23 14:36 -0800
Re: How did Bell Labs start to work on Project MAC? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2023-01-24 22:30 +0000
Re: How did Bell Labs start to work on Project MAC? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.brinkhoff@gmail.com> - 2023-01-24 22:01 -0800
Re: How did Bell Labs start to work on Project MAC? Acceptable Name <metta.crawler@gmail.com> - 2023-01-25 05:31 -0800
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