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 250ca490 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7F9389B846; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:31:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 664C894702; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:31:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CC67394702; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:31:03 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1195 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:31:03 AEST Received: from neener.bl.org (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6DF946B9 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:31:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from www.bl.org (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]) (authenticated bits=0) by neener.bl.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id x9BDB8nc025976 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:11:08 -0500 (CDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:11:08 -0500 From: Michael Parson To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Organization: BL dot ORG In-Reply-To: References: <20191010131848.C13DC18C08B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4c1973ab965afdcc938cbb7dca913427@bl.org> X-Sender: mparson@bl.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.8 X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]); Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:11:08 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Welcome to new TUHS subscribers 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" On 2019-10-11 07:55, Tony Travis wrote: > On 11/10/2019 03:46, Dave Horsfall wrote: >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2019, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> >>> DEC documentation mostly used uppercase in the text; e.g. the "pdp11 >>> peripherals handbook" (to transcribe the cover exactly) uses "PDP-11" >>> several times on pg 1-1. >> >> And being an acronym it is of course upper-case... > > Hi, Dave. > > On the _machine_ itself, DEC wrote "pdp11"... Well, that's also in-line with their using all lower-case on their logo. > An acronym doesn't have to be upper-case! > > Many Unix commands are lower case acronyms: > > cd = (c)ange (d)irectory > pwd (p)rint (w)orking (directory) > ls = (l)ist file(s) I always thought of it as (l)i(s)t files. > I guess that my introduction to Seventh Edition Unix running on a > "pdp11/34" made me think it was obviously designed to run Unix ;-) > > Bye, > > Tony. -- Michael Parson Pflugerville, TX KF5LGQ