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   Jeff Thiele to All   
   AT&T 3B2   
   13 Aug 22 13:12:39   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 1:387/26 a694035b   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hey all,   
      
   During my Army days, our project computer was an AT&T 3B2G, with the "G"   
   presumably standing for "government version." I'm not sure what all that "G"   
   entailed, though.   
      
   But I do have a 3B2 emulation running AT&T Unix System V ca. 1986 (for   
   educational purposes, of course) at 34.136.101.135:3000. Sometimes it doesn't   
   present a login prompt; opening a second session to the same address usually   
   kicks it into gear, though (for both sessions; you can just close one if it's   
   not needed). For nostalgia reasons, all of the ports are set to 1200 baud. ;)   
   Despite the slow terminal rate, it's a fairly snappy machine for what it is.   
   The C compiler (cc) is positively ancient and only accepts K&R-style function   
   definitions, and vi is the installed editor.   
      
   The login "guest" (no password) is set up to request name, email address, and   
   desired username for the purposes of (manually) creating an account. You can   
   also send me a NetMail; that would probably get my attention sooner and   
   there's no need to send me your email address because NetMail will suffice.   
      
   This emulation is not running on my home network; it's "in the cloud." If it   
   breaks, it breaks. If there's data loss, there's data loss. It could go   
   down at any time. It's just up there for fun.   
      
   Jeff.   
      
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