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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,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 8a2ec67d for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:18:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C300C9BCAB; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:18:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB96C9BBD7; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:17:58 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=yaccman.com header.i=@yaccman.com header.b="eR1bkmCD"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 016609BBD7; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:17:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from barn.birch.relay.mailchannels.net (barn.birch.relay.mailchannels.net [23.83.209.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9927A9BB2A for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:17:54 +1000 (AEST) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67125E03BD; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (100-96-90-126.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.96.90.126]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1FBAD5E145D; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:17:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a8.g.dreamhost.com ([TEMPUNAVAIL]. [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.18.5); Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:17:53 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Junk X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|scj@yaccman.com X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Whispering-Eight: 0518e6752f57f2e3_1571005073580_3741184481 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1571005073580:1056942810 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1571005073580 Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4AD885FE1; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:17:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=yaccman.com; h=message-id :from:to:cc:in-reply-to:subject:date:content-type:mime-version; s=yaccman.com; bh=g61Yop85zdHBgjj0/+cEN3KGSvA=; b=eR1bkmCD43umk bBcgjVa3nfz41sEpMjs+8rBFR4aIO03PPSI+38eG9blMcln2qbZyagx0CCKab6Px B6n6FMMeSZJ34J0pseflTFZ9e7eSWFGDt2MRZH96SaFlg5Mv4z4f3ddp9rVWKUwn pqKA36c+bYvei/28f83m9MhKiUFU3o= Received: from localhost (ip-66-33-200-4.dreamhost.com [66.33.200.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: scj@yaccman.com) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1C82485FC9; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3c4014d4052d6fe3afb97bdb89a4d22c7854059b@webmail.yaccman.com> X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a8 From: "Steve Johnson" To: "Lars Brinkhoff" , "Arthur Krewat" X-Mailer: Atmail 7.8.0.2 X-Originating-IP: 10.35.42.221 in-reply-to: <7wpnj2wpzy.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:17:46 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_f94de2b5c8093825bc702cda713be82d" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [TUHS] God vs god (was Upper/Lower at DEC) 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: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --=_f94de2b5c8093825bc702cda713be82d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0AThere is a story (or perhaps an urban legend) that mainframe computer= s=0Aused all upper case, in spite of research showing lower case was=0Ae= asier to read, because some executive said "But with all lower case,=0Aw= e can't spell God's name right".=C2=A0 Anybody able to put some reality= =0Abehind that? =0A=0ASteve=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: "L= ars Brinkhoff" =0ATo:"Arthur Krewat" =0ACc:=0ASent:Sat, 12 Oct 2019 04:24:01 +0000=0ASubject= :Re: [TUHS] Fwd: Curious Question from the Ether about use of=0AUpper an= d Lower case at DEC=0A=0A Arthur Krewat wrote:=0A > While BAH was more i= nvolved in PDP-10 stuff, I wonder what her take=0Ais=0A > on this.=0A=0A= I don't think there ever was a lower case "pdp10" on the machines.=0A F= rom what I see, it was "PDP-10", "decsystem10", "DECSYSTEM 20",=0A or "D= ECSYSTEM 2020".=0A=0A --=_f94de2b5c8093825bc702cda713be82d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
There is a story (or perhaps an urban legend) that mainfram= e computers used all upper case, in spite of research showing lower case= was easier to read, because some executive said "But with all lower cas= e, we can't spell God's name right".=C2=A0 Anybody able to put some real= ity behind that?

Steve



----- Original Message -----
From:
"Lars Brinkhoff" <lars@nocrew.org>
= To:
"Arthur Krewat" <krewat@kilonet.net>
Cc:<tuhs@tuhs.org>
Sent:
Sat, 12 Oct 2019 04:24:01 +0000
Subject:Re: [TUHS] Fwd: Curious Question from the Ether about use of Upper and= Lower case at DEC


=0AArthur Krewat wrote:
=0A> While B= AH was more involved in PDP-10 stuff, I wonder what her take is
=0A&g= t; on this.

=0AI don't think there ever was a lower case "pdp10"= on the machines.
=0AFrom what I see, it was "PDP-10", "decsystem10",= "DECSYSTEM 20",
=0Aor "DECSYSTEM 2020".

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