From sentto-2719433-4-980501749-gtoal=vt.com@returns.onelist.com Fri Jan 26 03:02:51 2001 Received: from hp.egroups.com (hp.egroups.com [208.50.99.201]) by admin.vt.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA01961 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 03:02:50 -0600 (CST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-2719433-4-980501749-gtoal=vt.com@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by hp.egroups.com with NNFMP; 26 Jan 2001 09:35:50 -0000 X-Sender: gordon@dcs.ed.ac.uk X-Apparently-To: edinburgh-computer-history@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_2_1); 26 Jan 2001 09:35:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 71349 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2001 09:35:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 26 Jan 2001 09:35:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO muck.dcs.ed.ac.uk) (129.215.216.15) by mta3 with SMTP; 26 Jan 2001 10:36:52 -0000 Received: from tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk (root@tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk [129.215.58.36]) by muck.dcs.ed.ac.uk with ESMTP id JAA04432 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:35:45 GMT Received: (from gordon@localhost) by tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA23528; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:35:45 GMT Message-ID: <14961.17649.133468.122005@tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk> To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200101251925.NAA13117@admin.vt.com> References: <200101251925.NAA13117@admin.vt.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid From: Gordon Brebner MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com; contact edinburgh-computer-history-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:35:45 +0000 (GMT) Reply-To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ed-comp-hist] New web address; progress so far. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO > I have identified one immediate need for volunteers - a lot of what has > been found is on paper. It is clearly going to be way too much for the > one volunteer scanner we already have (IAY). It would be really good > if we could drum up some interest from a number of students to share the > work of scanning old documents. 5 to 10 people in a pool would be a > great help. (I suggest that sort of number because we know that some > people will lose interest or be too busy etc - we need enough extra > capacity to ensure there's always 3 or 4 people available at any time) > If someone in Edinburgh could ask around the CS students, that would > be appreciated. All they need is access to a scanner. I've posted a message on the CS undergraduate newsgroup (eduni.dcs.undergrad) this morning, outlining the project, and asking for volunteers. The text follows, in case anyone is interested. Gordon. --- Current undergraduates might not be aware of it, but there is a long history of computer system building at Edinburgh, dating back to the foundation of the Computer Unit in 1963 by Sidney Michaelson. The Computer Unit bifurcated in 1966 in the academic-oriented Department of Computer Science (which evolved into part of today's Division of Informatics), and the service-oriented Edinburgh Regional Computing Centre, which evolved into today's Computing Services. >From 1963 until the late 1980s, there was extensive activity in implementing operating systems, compilers, other software tools, and building hardware. Undergraduates then would do practical work largely using systems software written at Edinburgh, a situation only changed by the rise of Unix, and now Linux. A group of Edinburgh graduates has now initiated a project to ensure that the memory of this era is preserved by, in the first instance, attempting to collect a definitive collection of source code and documentation for the various Edinburgh products. More details of this are at: http://history.dcs.ed.ac.uk Aside from the fact that this might be of interest to today's undergraduates, I invite active participation in one particular respect. Much of the material people have is on paper, so there is a need to scan it into an electronic form for storage in the new repository. The project is keen for any students who possess scanners for their own PCs, to volunteer to assist in the scanning process. No particular time commitment is required, just a willingness to help when able. If you are interested, see the above web page, which has details of a new mailing list associated with the project. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: edinburgh-computer-history-unsubscribe@egroups.com