Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 10:33:46 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else seen this? (fwd) Message-ID: <199703301533.KAA01034@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199703301331.HAA15292@main.gbdata.com> from Gary Clark II at "Mar 30, 97 07:31:57 am"
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> (In chat now) > > In message <199703280601.BAA14311@dyson.iquest.net> "John S. Dyson" writes: > : > > : > Does this give you something to chew on, John Dyson? > : > > : That is exactly the kind of info that is useful for > : investigation, John Polstra :-). > > Are both of you from Grover's Mill New Jersey by chance? > > "John" Losh > I am kind-of confused here :-). What does the Grover's Mill reference mean? FYI, I grew up in Indy and have lived here most of my life (modulo living and/or working in Chicago for a while.) Off/on for the last 13yrs I have worked at AT&T either as a contractor or employee. Things that I have done in my career: 1977-1995 on employee or contract basis: Building automation/energy mgmt system used at UofI in Champaign/Urbana, Dominick's food stores (they installed a new system some years ago though), etc. 1984-1997 on employee and/or contract basis: AT&T... Videotex terminals (1984-1987), (1986) I wrote a U**X clone for a PC class 68K machine, fleet management system (vehicle location) (1987-1988), HDTV white paper and review (part of the initial AT&T HDTV effort (my predictions have so far come true :-).) (1988-1989.) Chief systems engineer: satellite video distribution project, in conjunction with a large media company, including working the issues of studio facilities, launch facilities, satellites, consumer equipment, etc... Found to be a little too early technologically, but the system that we were considering had many of the same quality features of the current DSS stuff. (1989-1990.) (1990-1992) ISDN based home multi-BRI "PBX", incl B channel data type system. Conceptual immediate precursor to the small ISDN router box technology, but with full local and CO voice features (in many ways, the box was much more advanced than the ISDN routers with voice capabilities due to the advanced multi-BRI and full voice capabilies with both ISDN T interface sets and POTS sets.) My last project was forward looking work, internet related (no further details are appropriate to publically release :-).) (Note that we used FreeBSD as the biggest part of the networking infrastructure in the internet related project.) Alas, note that the projects that I worked on were in some cases, leading the industry by years :-). Of course, we didn't follow through due to the technology being too avant-garde... :-(. We had many of the things that I have worked on at AT&T actually working, almost ready for product (except for the HDTV and DSS thingie)!!! Satellites are expensive to play with :-). I still work for AT&T and not Lucent (even though I still have both valid AT&T and Lucent badges.) My management at work encourages my FreeBSD involvement. John
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