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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!cornellcs!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bconnex.net!news2.insinc.net!thinkage.on.ca!atbowler From: atbowler@thinkage.on.ca (Alan Bowler) Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Message-ID: <E0rrBC.IME@thinkage.on.ca> Sender: news@thinkage.on.ca Organization: Thinkage Ltd. References: <E0L92J.4tM@world.std.com> <kbibb.847601696@shellx> <E0qH5n.2Jv@world.std.com> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 17:59:35 GMT Lines: 9 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26340 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1481 alt.folklore.computers:124500 In article <E0qH5n.2Jv@world.std.com> dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa) writes: > >Make that an ASR-33. The decwriter didn't exist when unix got >written. 10 CPS, and oil everything but the ribbon. Why not not the ribbon? A few drops of three in one was an easy way to squeeze a little more life out of a ribbon cartridge on a daisy wheel printer, it would probably work on TTY 33 or TTY 35 just as well.