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From: auke@snt.student.utwente.nl (Auke van Slooten)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things
Date: 15 Nov 1996 15:01:52 GMT
Organization: University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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In article <wzzq0kfrg0.fsf@expernet26.expernet.com>,
	Peter Ludemann <ludemann@expernet26.expernet.com> writes:
>
>I seem to remember 3-letter commands for RT-11, but the only one that
>comes to mind now is "PIP" (Peripheral Interchange Program").  On
>PDP-11s, there was a straightforward method of packing 3 characters
>into a 2-byte word, so file names were 6 characters, with a
>3-character extension (I suppose MS-DOS copied the 3-character
>extension, but without the 3-to-2 packing).
>
PIP is not really a command, or at least is not a KMON (keyboard monitor)
command. It is however a utility used by a lot of the RT-11 commands, and
indeed, according to my RT-11 mini reference manual all the commands could
be abreviated to 3 or even 2 letter. The only exeption being FORMAT, which
took 4 letters.

Hmm.. maybe I'll take another shot at bringing one of my pdp's online...

Auke van Slooten