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Noel Chiappa writes:
> I _did_ find "home directory" in the ITS documentation; the oldest doc
> file I found it in was dated 5/25/79. If ITS was the source, not sure
> how it spread - maybe via EMACS?

I see "home directory" in an ITS file from 1976 (.TECO.; TECORD 508).

There could be a hint the AI memos, but they are hard to search.