From touch at isi.edu  Wed Mar  1 10:34:34 2017
From: touch at isi.edu (Joe Touch)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 10:34:34 -0800
Subject: [ih] RAND Unix Port code
In-Reply-To: <20170213170919.8552E18C09C@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
References: <20170213170919.8552E18C09C@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
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Hi, Noel,

On 2/13/2017 9:09 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> ... Carl Sunshine wrote the overview document, but I don't know
> how to reach him - does anyone here? 

I have contact info for him and I've reached out to him directly and
forwarded your request.

Joe


From jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu  Thu Mar  9 07:06:44 2017
From: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa)
Date: Thu,  9 Mar 2017 10:06:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [ih] Harasing whistlers (Was: [TUHS] UUCP mis-history?)
Message-ID: <20170309150644.6735918C11B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>

    > From: "Steve Johnson"

    > This reminds me of a story from that era. One of the mainframe computers
    > had the ability to place phone calls and a program was run every night
    > to collect data from far-flung teletypes [which had been pre-loaded with
    > data tapes].  ...  On day the operators realized that there were two
    > phone numbers in Nebraska that were getting called every weekday night,
    > and the numbers were very similar.  They suspected one was a wrong
    > number, so they listened in on the calls to see which one was real.  The
    > phone rang in Nebraska at 2am and was answered by a sleepy man ..  The
    > man was heard to say "It's all right, Bertha.  It's just that nut with a
    > whistle again!"

Interesting: I've heard this same story, but told about TIPs and the ARPANET.
A computer at BBN was set up to regularly dial all the TIP modem lines, to
check that they were working. One line was always down, so they listened in,
and heard some human say "it's just that pevert with the whistle again".

I wonder which one was the original: anyone know for sure?

	Noel


From amckenzie3 at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  9 07:33:08 2017
From: amckenzie3 at yahoo.com (Alex McKenzie)
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 15:33:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [ih] Harasing whistlers (Was: [TUHS] UUCP mis-history?)
In-Reply-To: <20170309150644.6735918C11B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
References: <20170309150644.6735918C11B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <106885791.2087429.1489073588034@mail.yahoo.com>

I remember the story? from my days in charge of the ARPAnet Network Operation Center at BBN.? We had deduced that some of the TIP modem numbers we had were probably incorrect because some of them never answered, so we were listening to the calls made by the autodialer.? However, I was not the person on the phone, and I don't recall exactly what was said by the person who answered the phone.
Cheers,Alex


      From: Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
 To: internet-history at postel.org; tuhs at tuhs.org 
Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
 Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 10:06 AM
 Subject: Re: [ih] Harasing whistlers (Was: [TUHS] UUCP mis-history?)
   
? ? > From: "Steve Johnson"

? ? > This reminds me of a story from that era. One of the mainframe computers
? ? > had the ability to place phone calls and a program was run every night
? ? > to collect data from far-flung teletypes [which had been pre-loaded with
? ? > data tapes].? ...? On day the operators realized that there were two
? ? > phone numbers in Nebraska that were getting called every weekday night,
? ? > and the numbers were very similar.? They suspected one was a wrong
? ? > number, so they listened in on the calls to see which one was real.? The
? ? > phone rang in Nebraska at 2am and was answered by a sleepy man ..? The
? ? > man was heard to say "It's all right, Bertha.? It's just that nut with a
? ? > whistle again!"

Interesting: I've heard this same story, but told about TIPs and the ARPANET.
A computer at BBN was set up to regularly dial all the TIP modem lines, to
check that they were working. One line was always down, so they listened in,
and heard some human say "it's just that pevert with the whistle again".

I wonder which one was the original: anyone know for sure?

??? Noel
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From jeanjour at comcast.net  Thu Mar  9 10:36:16 2017
From: jeanjour at comcast.net (John Day)
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 13:36:16 -0500
Subject: [ih] Harasing whistlers (Was: [TUHS] UUCP mis-history?)
In-Reply-To: <20170309150644.6735918C11B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
References: <20170309150644.6735918C11B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <8D830B96-890A-430C-8987-7AAD205627DC@comcast.net>

Yes, Noel is correct the story comes from the BBN NOC for the ARPANET and them checking out TIP dial up lines.

John


> On Mar 9, 2017, at 10:06, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> From: "Steve Johnson"
> 
>> This reminds me of a story from that era. One of the mainframe computers
>> had the ability to place phone calls and a program was run every night
>> to collect data from far-flung teletypes [which had been pre-loaded with
>> data tapes].  ...  On day the operators realized that there were two
>> phone numbers in Nebraska that were getting called every weekday night,
>> and the numbers were very similar.  They suspected one was a wrong
>> number, so they listened in on the calls to see which one was real.  The
>> phone rang in Nebraska at 2am and was answered by a sleepy man ..  The
>> man was heard to say "It's all right, Bertha.  It's just that nut with a
>> whistle again!"
> 
> Interesting: I've heard this same story, but told about TIPs and the ARPANET.
> A computer at BBN was set up to regularly dial all the TIP modem lines, to
> check that they were working. One line was always down, so they listened in,
> and heard some human say "it's just that pevert with the whistle again".
> 
> I wonder which one was the original: anyone know for sure?
> 
> 	Noel
> _______
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> internet-history at postel.org
> http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
> Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance.




From jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu  Tue Mar 14 17:09:46 2017
From: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:09:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ih] Contact info for Phill Gross
Message-ID: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>

Hi, anyone know where Phill Gross is, and how to reach him?

I have this vague memory that not too long ago, he was at some college in
Florida, but now I'm looking for him online, and can't find anything.

	 Noel


From brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com  Tue Mar 14 17:48:39 2017
From: brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com (Brian E Carpenter)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:48:39 +1300
Subject: [ih] Contact info for Phill Gross
In-Reply-To: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
References: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <7a70631d-f668-6485-9f91-68d9bc90a86c@gmail.com>

Last I had was PGross at PGross.net (years ago)

Regards
   Brian

On 15/03/2017 13:09, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Hi, anyone know where Phill Gross is, and how to reach him?
> 
> I have this vague memory that not too long ago, he was at some college in
> Florida, but now I'm looking for him online, and can't find anything.
> 
> 	 Noel
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> 


From vint at google.com  Tue Mar 14 22:12:36 2017
From: vint at google.com (Vint Cerf)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:12:36 -0400
Subject: [ih] Contact info for Phill Gross
In-Reply-To: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
References: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
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I believe he is teaching somewhere in Virginia and living in Upperville or
something like that.

v


On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:

> Hi, anyone know where Phill Gross is, and how to reach him?
>
> I have this vague memory that not too long ago, he was at some college in
> Florida, but now I'm looking for him online, and can't find anything.
>
>          Noel
> _______
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> internet-history at postel.org
> http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
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>



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Google
1875 Explorer Street, 10th Floor
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From vint at google.com  Tue Mar 14 22:12:59 2017
From: vint at google.com (Vint Cerf)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:12:59 -0400
Subject: [ih] Contact info for Phill Gross
In-Reply-To: <CAHxHggf3UdmhquTrGa61DdiVKoyztXdCFx7un40-J5gLbVAbfg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
	<CAHxHggf3UdmhquTrGa61DdiVKoyztXdCFx7un40-J5gLbVAbfg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHxHggd5RqSzLajmFxA4rv22_JXNUYzkSkhSbWPBb3nZbai3UQ@mail.gmail.com>

or maybe it was Purcellville

v


On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 1:12 AM, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:

> I believe he is teaching somewhere in Virginia and living in Upperville or
> something like that.
>
> v
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, anyone know where Phill Gross is, and how to reach him?
>>
>> I have this vague memory that not too long ago, he was at some college in
>> Florida, but now I'm looking for him online, and can't find anything.
>>
>>          Noel
>> _______
>> internet-history mailing list
>> internet-history at postel.org
>> http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
>> Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> New postal address:
> Google
> 1875 Explorer Street, 10th Floor
> Reston, VA 20190
>



-- 
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Google
1875 Explorer Street, 10th Floor
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From scott.brim at gmail.com  Wed Mar 15 03:27:20 2017
From: scott.brim at gmail.com (Scott Brim)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 06:27:20 -0400
Subject: [ih] Contact info for Phill Gross
In-Reply-To: <CAHxHggd5RqSzLajmFxA4rv22_JXNUYzkSkhSbWPBb3nZbai3UQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20170315000946.93DFA18C083@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
	<CAHxHggf3UdmhquTrGa61DdiVKoyztXdCFx7un40-J5gLbVAbfg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAHxHggd5RqSzLajmFxA4rv22_JXNUYzkSkhSbWPBb3nZbai3UQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPv4CP8qgNpOBdgtODx-HGwORB2AztvyK23=xezts8pLowhZvQ@mail.gmail.com>

Yes Purcellville. I also have pgross at pgross.net. I haven't used it in
years, but he's active on Facebook.

Scott
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