From: Phil Budne <phil@ultimate.com>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org, segaloco@protonmail.com
Subject: [TUHS] Re: The Gnome and Its "Secret Place"
Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 18:33:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202305082233.348MXrVC057305@ultimate.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xGYmRfZmYYSy7Vl9pDxWTMdQkeRt3H_PBnEl4Wi1wgFFnVRqTyI2Z7G8MAnFOIb9fvlWr258zCl2zcetRQy0LYyfk-rOlHtX1Iq1oo-666M=@protonmail.com>
segaloco wrote:
> In the midst of my documentation research, I've done a little analysis on the life and times of this whimsical little phrase which first appeared in the "HOW TO GET STARTED" or basinf section of the Third Edition manual (a derivative of the original login(VII) page):
> "When you type to UNIX, a gnome deep in the system is gathering your characters and saving them in a secret place."
No sign of a login(VII) page in my "Program Generic PG-1C300 Issue 2"
manual (no page, no entry in table of context, or permuted index).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-08 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-04 3:51 [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2023-05-08 22:33 ` Phil Budne [this message]
2023-05-09 3:32 ` [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2023-05-09 4:23 ` Warner Losh
2023-05-09 4:36 ` Phil Budne
2023-05-09 5:09 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-05-09 13:31 ` A. P. Garcia
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