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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: old power, Short Vectors Versus Long Vectors
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It appears that Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> said:
>On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:38:54 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
>
>> The 650s at least ran all night. Alan Perlis told me some amusing stories
>> of tripping in the dark over sleeping grad student wives who were
>> holding their husbands' place in line for the 650 in the middle of the
>> night. They soon made the scheduling more humane.
>
>How did they do that, though? Other than by hiring operators to work those 
>shifts, so the users could submit their jobs in a queue and go home?

Rather than just queueing up, they arranged it so the student could
sign up ahead of time, and then show up whenever to do his work, and
the wives could get some sleep.

I also think he tried to round up some money to get another computer.

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