Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Tom Porter
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:00

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Scott Michel wrote:
> 
> pip == peripheral interchange program.
> 
> (It came from DEC's PDP-11 RSTS operating system, and had an incantation
>  on the PDP-8 as well. Ahhh ... those were the days... when you had to boot
>  a paper tape to boot a mag tape ... And I'm not that old, either.)
> 
> -scottm
I can remember seeing an early ad for a 'Computer Kit': Build Your OWN
PDP-11!!!

It was a real attention getter then (as the PDP-11 was that which all
were measured against)!!

It's amazing how far we've come in such a short time!

Paddlin' Fast, Tom

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From: Tom Porter <mendonet@zapcom.net>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/17
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