1 Sep
2021
1 Sep
'21
11:47 p.m.
I also remember, vividly, that it was scj's quote about TSO.
Having used TSO, I think he was being kind.
-rob
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 6:05 AM ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's coming back slowly. It was in response to
problems with a dh11. DEC
engineer:"did you run diagnostics." Response: as quoted.
The other one: DEC engineer: "dh11 can run at a megabit". Response: "in a
good wind. "
Same person, vague memory is Mike O'Dell? Is that name right?
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 1:00 PM ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I first heard it at usenix 1980.
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 10:52 AM Lawrence Stewart <stewart(a)serissa.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Or JCL “It’s as easy to read one file as it is to read 1000 files."
>>
>> On 2021, Sep 1, at 12:42 PM, Tom Lyon via TUHS <tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Another fun saying about TSO: "It may be slow, but it's hard to
use."
>>
>> Not sure the origin.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:10 AM Ron Natalie <ron(a)ronnatalie.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >...
>>> > DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale
>>> >
>>> >?
>>> >
>>> >Anyone remember and/or know?
>>> >
>>> I believe this was Mike Muuss and he used the term "dead whale" in
>>> deference to the TSO comment.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> - Tom
>>
>>
>>