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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> owner-hecnet@Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet@Update.UU.SE]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas DeBellis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 November 2021 17:21<br>
<b>To:</b> hecnet@Update.UU.SE<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [HECnet] PyDECnet setup<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Glitz really leaves me cold if not annoyed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>On 11/18/21 12:10 PM, Dan Cross wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>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,<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>"primordial Unix".<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre> - Dan C.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:57 AM Thomas DeBellis <a href="mailto:tommytimesharing@gmail.com"><tommytimesharing@gmail.com></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>'Early' Unix to me means before it got ported off the PDP-7. [snip]<o:p></o:p></pre>
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