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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PLING_QUERY, 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 dd7e2b89 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:49:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 074449B8D9; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 03:49:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D72946B9; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 03:49:07 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=me.com header.i=@me.com header.b="g24kIGY8"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B756B93DBB; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 03:49:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from st43p00im-ztdg10063201.me.com (st43p00im-ztdg10063201.me.com [17.58.63.182]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB8B8946B9 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 03:49:03 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=me.com; s=1a1hai; t=1570816142; bh=sNUPnmfo/gy4wkscUZos8KOdJkMa0RiPB6zAJ0dVTwA=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:Message-ID:Content-type; b=g24kIGY8F0myTinCxzIeIt78e5R5uE2xra0Yl2Ly/0Rns00YWnDaUpbE6fRBsMJx+ kuXEo8VGlosUG+Q38iAY0iSucaBf072HSMEypACmTuDKXotoD9CLgGbcFCtfKJh767 JnXLQxXNMtv1Tajpp923L3ISZexBLwyLZRbktAHmtZewOL246fCSOsph4WD50UR5K4 md8/If8N1M8dkZZS1BNhPvpBLm71VtVaXnWdFtDmfjDVkfAKPepXBSYPUuwzBmNCo9 RFQ6TnNv76pScmf/1XMv8mM7IjxJU9pqFnZIjk5cMN0WqaF9FrG/LH2LyapEkwUEcT S0ZMlXwJXhzjw== Received: from [192.168.0.132] (c-73-123-115-20.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.123.115.20]) by st43p00im-ztdg10063201.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D3DF4C20752; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:49:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/10.1d.0.190908 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:48:59 -0400 To: Warren Toomey , Message-ID: <675D27CE-AA1B-4CF5-B8F1-6E71E096CC13@me.com> Thread-Topic: [TUHS] What was your "Aha, Unix!" moment? References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:, , definitions=2019-10-11_10:, , signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=727 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1906280000 definitions=main-1910110152 Subject: Re: [TUHS] What was your "Aha, Unix!" moment? 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: , From: "Larry W. Cashdollar via TUHS" Reply-To: "Larry W. Cashdollar" Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" >On 10/10/19, 4:56 PM, "TUHS on behalf of Warren Toomey" wrote: > So I'll kick off another thread. What was your "ahah" moment when you >first saw that Unix was special, especially compared to the systems you'd > previously used? When I first typed ps -x and saw all the running processes on the system. That was on a Dec Alpha at the university of southern Maine in the computer science lab. I thought to myself I need this on my PC. A few weeks later my friend pointed me at Slackware. -- Larry C$