From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:15:14 -0800 Subject: [TUHS] B-news source code In-Reply-To: References: <20170310094919.GA22414@minnie.tuhs.org> Message-ID: <20170311001514.GE30430@mcvoy.com> Wouldn't this have happened first in email, like Mail or mailx? Hard to say, I'd guess sometime in the 1980's? On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 04:05:56PM -0800, Mary Ann Horton wrote: > Where can I find source code for various versions of netnews? > > In particular I'm looking for B news 2.10.1. > > A historian is trying to track down where the ">" was first used in quoting > news or email. It's not in 2.10 (I do have that source code) but I suspect > it's in 2.10.1. > > If anyone recalls where this originated, please let me know. > > Thanks! > > Mary Ann -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm