From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 6da03b7d for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2018 20:29:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5A1DFA1D0A; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 06:29:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C3A3A19DE; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 06:29:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 15CD8A19DE; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 06:29:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-2.mxes.net (smtp-out-2.mxes.net [67.222.241.118]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B453A19DD for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 06:29:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF24C27505; Wed, 8 Aug 2018 16:29:28 -0400 (EDT) From: To: "'Gilles Gravier'" , "'TUHS'" References: <20180808152018.EDBBA18C08E@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 16:29:26 -0400 Message-ID: <098701d42f56$80c6c470$82544d50$@ronnatalie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0988_01D42F34.F9B599A0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQLYD4Kur+ZvBYho11YojMdgGf8K8AKz4wlaopjtIWA= Content-Language: en-us X-Sent-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origins of shell prompt suffixes % $ > # X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0988_01D42F34.F9B599A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * But... I remember the VMS prompt being "$"... maybe some ancestry = since VMS dates back to 1970? =20 VMS development started in 1975. It didn=E2=80=99t see the light of = day until the VAX hardware was released in 1977. =20 RSX used > (sometimes MCR>). TOPS-10 used a period (.) at the monitor level and asterisk at the user = level. RT-11 also used the period. =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0988_01D42F34.F9B599A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

But... I remember the = VMS prompt being "$"... maybe some ancestry since VMS dates = back to 1970?

VMS = development started in 1975.=C2=A0=C2=A0 It didn=E2=80=99t see the light = of day until the VAX hardware was released in 1977.

RSX used = > (sometimes MCR>).

TOPS-10 = used a period (.) at the monitor level and asterisk at the user = level.

RT-11 also used the = period.

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