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Even when I got my first UNIX computer in 1992, it was fun to explore the bin directories and try running all the different programs found there. Even then the
by supportengineer 3y ago
Even when I got my first UNIX computer in 1992, it was fun to explore the bin directories and try running all the different programs found there. Even then there was old stuff whose purpose it was hard to discern.
- com 3y agoI remember typing “ss” at the shell (tcsh?!) in 1988 on a VAX running BSD 4.3+tahoe and being unable to exit the spreadsheet until someone opened the manpage or something and gave me some ideas. Probably made worse because I was on a monocoque adm3a and curses was … well, cursed … on that particular terminal type. Never did that again, ha ha.