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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!ru.uni.net.za!wits.uni.net.za!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!knews.uk0.vbc.net!fastnet.prd.co.uk!fastnet.prd.co.uk!steve From: steve@fastnet.prd.co.uk (Steve Blinkhorn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 13 Nov 1996 19:37:12 -0000 Organization: Psychometric Research & Development Ltd Lines: 17 Message-ID: <steve.847913388@fastnet.prd.co.uk> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <328386bc.112278367@news.ov.com> <562i2k$f3a@kirin.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fastnet.prd.co.uk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26361 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1485 alt.folklore.computers:124527 This discussion is getting seriously nostalgic for me, what with ASR-33s (which were in fact introduced as subversive micro-confetti manufacturing devices, since any attempt to *read* a paper tape of any length invariably resulted in two shorter paper tapes), PDP-10s (favourite memory: DEC engineer leaving computer room talking to chief systems programer ``It's a software problem'' as smoke started to issue from cabinet), someone who knows how to pronounce daemon properly. Next we'll be hearing from people who know what it was like to have no more than 100K 36-bit words to do real programming in. Is there a comp.nostalgia group (INPUT IN CAPS ONLY at 10cps, wearing ear defenders)? -- Steve Blinkhorn <steve@prd.co.uk>