On 2021-01-31 3:21 p.m., John Foust via cctalk wrote:
At 06:01 PM 1/30/2021, you wrote:
Which Henry was that? Henry Spencer perhaps?
Yes, Henry Spencer (formerly of zoo.toronto.edu).
N.
Another blast from the past. I haven't seen anything of or spoken with him in
nearly 30 years.
A legend, indeed, and one that only makes me upset about Google's Usenet
archive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups
Couldn't Google just give someone else a copy of what Spencer
(and everyone else) gave them?
- John
I worked with a gentleman for a while who studied at U of T and now
teaches there, who told me about visiting Henry's office. He said all
the lights where off save a small desk lamp and there was also a green
screen terminal on his desk, a heater under the desk and the walls lined
with book cases. This would have probably been in the mid to late 70s.
I am surprised to hear it was only in 1981 that utzoo was started. I
had my first exposure Usenet about that time too when I discovered that
my workplace VM network had a read only service we could subscribe to
usenet forums and have the updates delivered as VM notes.
Paul.
