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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 18.05.21 um 17:55 schrieb
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca">peter@easthope.ca</a>
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My objective is to include a photo on the title page of the wikibook.</pre>
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<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I can't tell you where (in which building) the "origins of
Oberon" have started: I started studying computer science in 1994,
and the first two years were in the main building (HG =
Hauptgebäude). Already at that time the computer science
department was located in the IFW building here:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ethz.ch/services/de/service/raeume-gebaeude/orientierung/gebaeude.html?args0=IFW">https://ethz.ch/services/de/service/raeume-gebaeude/orientierung/gebaeude.html?args0=IFW</a></p>
<p>"was" as in: the computer science department is now - since
several years already - located in the CAB and CMB buildings:
which is somewhat ironic, because the youngest departement
(computer science) of the ETH is now located in one of its oldest
buildings:<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://inf.ethz.ch/department/location.html">https://inf.ethz.ch/department/location.html</a></p>
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<p>At that time (1994) Professor N. Wirth gave lectures both in the
HG main building (specifically (digital) electrical engineering
during the "basic studies", the Grundstudium), but mostly also in
the IFW building ("Fachstudium", the 3rd and 4th+ year of a
computer science master study). I had the chance to attent his
last "Systemsoftware" lecture before he retired (which was held in
the IFW building). :) I believe that was in 1999-ish.<br>
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<p>Now as you can see the IFW building is quite ugly: it is a "high
tech building" (the automated window blinds went up and down
whenever a small cloud covered the sun - rumours among us students
were that the software controlling the blinds was the work of some
student, as a "semester work" (Semesterarbeit) ;)).</p>
<p>So if you ask me: use any nice picture of the ETH Hauptgebäude
(HG)! No one will recognise the IFW - and again: I am not saying
that Professor N. Wirth and Professor J. Gutknecht were actually
already in that building when starting working on Oberon! I just
can't tell.</p>
<p>Hope that helps :)</p>
<p>Cheers, Oliver<br>
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