Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7701 comp.unix.internals:1236 comp.misc:10748 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!rutgers!gatech!utkcs2!de5 From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc Subject: Re: Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 1 of 6 Message-ID: <1990Dec5.125917.7797@cs.utk.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 12:59:17 GMT References: <1YbxCV#0YFHYG9zh4Tw3Ytjsy4ddrOM=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <207@frcs.UUCP> <1990Dec5.024705.10989@mdivax1.uucp> Sender: news@cs.utk.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: Dave Sill Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lines: 28 In article <1990Dec5.024705.10989@mdivax1.uucp>, mitchell@mdi.com (Bill Mitchell) writes: > >Somewhere in the back of a dusty file drawer I have a xerox of a >mazine article which printed a photo of Grace Hopper's logbook entry about >the bug - with the bug itself (beaten to death by relay contacts) >taped to the page. Up until a year or so ago, this log book was in a small display case, along with some pieces of core memory and other artifacts, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (relay.nswc.navy.mil) in Dahlgren, Virginia. I don't remember seeing Adm. Hopper's name anywhere on the page, though. I *did* hear that she was responsible for the log book being there. Apparently, someone asked her where it should be kept, and she recommended "the computer museum at Dahlgren". Yeah, that 2'x3' display case with two shelves... Also, it was clear from the wording of the log message that the term "bug" was already in common usage at the time. It said something like "First real computer `bug'." (Sue me if that's not exact.) Finally, I have no idea where they moved it to. -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) Martin Marietta Energy Systems Workstation Support Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com