[HECnet] TOPS-10 D-Day, DECnet failure on November 9th is less than six days away

[Johnny Billquist]

Sadly that is the case. Johnny Eriksson dies almost two years ago now, 
and he was really the one that I knew that carried the TOPS-10 torch. He 
was working on lots of things in and around TOPS-10. Not seeing anyone 
else continuing that work. :-(

I should remove his nodes from the database, but I'm feeling nostalgic 
every time I think about it, and avoid getting it done.

I guess I'm trying to avoid publicly acknowledging his death.

But none of those nodes will be coming back, I believe.

   Johnny (the other one)

On 2021-11-06 00:51, Peter Lothberg wrote:
> Our best Tops10 systems hacker in Stockholm, Johnny Ericsson who I think 
> was responsible for
> all TOPS10 systems in Area 1 died from a aneurysm in the brain some 
> years ago, that might explain
> why those nodes are down.
> 
> -P
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     *From: *"bob" <bob at jfcl.com>
>     *To: *"hecnet" <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
>     *Sent: *Friday, November 5, 2021 7:44:32 PM
>     *Subject: *RE: [HECnet] TOPS-10 D-Day, DECnet failure on November
>     9th is less than six days away
> 
>     >  what are you all doing, anyhow?
> 
>        I suspect nobody actually uses their TOPS-10 machines much.  Of
>     those on your HECnet list, how many are actually running now?
> 
>     Bob
> 
> 

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