18 Jul
2020
18 Jul
'20
1:31 a.m.
On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 6:43 PM Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 3:58 PM Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
Those VAXen weren't just colossal physically. What, with that huge address
space, all the meticulous care that was put into making Unix small and
beautiful went right out the window. Truly, it was the beginning of the
end. ;-)
Quite frankly, I'm old dude who relies on
his kids to fix his phone
and I can google and find answers to just about any Linux problem.
So no need for that here.
"Back in my day, we had VAXen! And you couldn't carry them anywhere! And
the disc drives weighed a hundred pounds! AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY!"
:-D
- Dan C.