2 Sep
2021
2 Sep
'21
2:04 a.m.
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."
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> On 2021, Sep 1, at 12:42 PM, Tom Lyon via TUHS <tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org>
> wrote:
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> Another fun saying about TSO: "It may be slow, but it's hard to use."
>
> Not sure the origin.
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> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:10 AM Ron Natalie <ron(a)ronnatalie.com> wrote:
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>> >...
>> > DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale
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>> >?
>> >
>> >Anyone remember and/or know?
>> >
>> I believe this was Mike Muuss and he used the term "dead whale" in
>> deference to the TSO comment.
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>> >
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> --
> - Tom
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