From: lars at nocrew.org (Lars Brinkhoff)
Subject: [COFF] Comparative promptology
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:10:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7wsgnc4rfd.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1910290544171.17400@aneurin.horsfall.org> (Dave Horsfall's message of "Tue, 29 Oct 2019 05:47:33 +1100 (EST)")
Dave Horsfall wrote:
> Steve Nickolas wrote:
>> 86-DOS actually did use ":" as a prompt character.
> The best I've ever seen was RT-11's "." - talk about minimalist...
>
> Actually this thread probably belongs on COFF by now.
I was bound to happen. List all the prompts!
"*" seems popular on PDP-10s.
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