22 Nov
2022
22 Nov
'22
12:43 a.m.
From: Dave Horsfall
MAINDEC was certainly on all of their standalone
diagnostic media
Actually, it was the name for all their diagnostics (usually stand-alone),
dating back to the paper tape days - when that was the only form they were
distributed in. So it makes sense that it's a short form of 'MAINDEC'.
Noel
22 Nov
22 Nov
3:11 a.m.
New subject: /usr/mdec
On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Yep. We had heaps of paper tape diags (along with a tape and an RK-05)
with "MAINDEC" on the label, so it was just as well that we had a PC-11
(the only one on campus)...
-- Dave
MAINDEC was
certainly on all of their standalone diagnostic media
Actually, it was the name for all their diagnostics (usually
stand-alone), dating back to the paper tape days - when that was the
only form they were distributed in. So it makes sense that it's a short
form of 'MAINDEC'.
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