From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2282 invoked from network); 8 May 2023 22:34:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 May 2023 22:34:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24BC4148E; Tue, 9 May 2023 08:34:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.ultimate.com (mail.ultimate.com [IPv6:2607:fc50:0:15::100]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7191E4148D for ; Tue, 9 May 2023 08:34:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ultimate.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ultimate.com (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPS id 348MXsbp057306 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 8 May 2023 18:33:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from phil@ultimate.com) Received: (from phil@localhost) by ultimate.com (8.17.1/8.17.1/Submit) id 348MXrVC057305; Mon, 8 May 2023 18:33:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from phil) From: Phil Budne Message-Id: <202305082233.348MXrVC057305@ultimate.com> Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 18:33:53 -0400 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, segaloco@protonmail.com References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID-Hash: WDREOJ3CFOY2OVBAWQBBYKG2I5RRNEYF X-Message-ID-Hash: WDREOJ3CFOY2OVBAWQBBYKG2I5RRNEYF X-MailFrom: phil@ultimate.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: The Gnome and Its "Secret Place" List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: 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).