From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id c6f56bd8 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:38:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2B63B9C143; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:38:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A53193D71; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:38:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1A6E293D71; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:38:07 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1019 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:38:06 AEST Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A58093D59 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:38:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id xALKL6CA1215954 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:21:06 -0800 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id xALKL6c81215951 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:21:06 -0800 Message-Id: <201911212021.xALKL6c81215951@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org In-reply-to: <201911211941.xALJfLxX013801@freefriends.org> References: <201911211941.xALJfLxX013801@freefriends.org> Comments: In-reply-to arnold@skeeve.com message dated "Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:41:21 -0700." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1215949.1574367666.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:21:06 -0800 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] AOS and IBM/RT [Re: Amdahl UTS, AIX/370, AIX/ESA X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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" arnold@skeeve.com writes: > greg travis wrote: > > > You're quite right about the religious error messages. > > The Bell Labs guys in some ways were too. I remember flipping through some > of the early manuals and there are a number of references to needing > divine help if things go badly wrong, praying for divine guidance, > and so on. :-) (Yes, I know that was mainly cultural. Still, it > was striking, at least to me.) > > Arnold I believe that you're talking about the "gerts" command and if you ever had to use it, you'd know that the divine guidance part was accurate.