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From: genew@mindlink.bc.ca (Gene Wirchenko)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 21:39:44 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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swb@mercury.campbell-mithun.com (Shawn Barnhart) wrote:
[snip]
>Are there many other OS of Unix vintage that have as many two character
>commands? I can't remember the HP2000 we used in elementary school (ca
>1976) having two character commands, but I do remember using clunky
>teletypes on them. Certainly when that machine was developed, there
>were no more high speed video terminals in use than in the Unix
>development time period.
On HP2000F BASIC, only the first three chars of a command were
significant. Filenames were up to six (I think) chars in length.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
C Pronunciation Guide:
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