I?ve encountered Linux ?experts? in the past who have, without even trying, convinced me
that they?ve never seen a shell command line. All UI and no undies, so to speak.
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of
Thomas DeBellis
Sent: 18 November 2021 17:21
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] PyDECnet setup
You know, I like "primordial Unix" more than "early Unix". Of course,
that then leaves the question of what to call the early PDP-11 releases. Upper Devonian?
I followed the resurrection of PDP-7 based Unix at the computer museum and, for some
strange reason, found the assembler based stuff of more interest than the latest Ubuntu
glitz.
Glitz really leaves me cold if not annoyed.
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On 11/18/21 12:10 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
That would be quite early indeed. :-) PDP-7 Unix was fairly short lived (a year or two?)
and was left behind for a long time once they got the first PDP-11 system at BTL. I would
humbly submit that that might be more properly referred to as,
"primordial Unix".
- Dan C.
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:57 AM Thomas DeBellis <tommytimesharing at
gmail.com><mailto:tommytimesharing at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
'Early' Unix to me means before it got ported off the PDP-7. [snip]