30 Oct
2019
30 Oct
'19
1:57 a.m.
On 28 Oct 2019 13:57 -0600, from imp(a)bsdimp.com (Warner Losh):
"@ " was the TOPS-20 prompt.
"$ " was the VMS prompt
RSTS/E was just "Ready\n"
But none of these get us closer to CP/M's > prompt.
For micros, the Apple II used "]", didn't it?
That's not exactly a ">" either, but it's somewhat period- and
system
size-appropriate for early CP/M.
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