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=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 422 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2021 12:23:47 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Nov 2021 12:23:47 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 865E19C778; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:23:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACE093D42; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:21:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0263393D42; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:21:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f51.google.com (mail-ua1-f51.google.com [209.85.222.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C86293D1B for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:21:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f51.google.com with SMTP id w23so11874735uao.5 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:21:09 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=5th1QBjKZIwfpKsi3C2ZKFIQ6PWAJHZbS5+VIiRAgCg=; b=EnIXHvyk3Y7mbEaNeGj/9Q/MM56Ebo3/7VvP/XOuTYFz10kfOXMxp7ByTZN8jenruq 7JWz+JDu3LTsH2xpYKQEE8OJNGwT8KDi9h8i+7uC4d+xbaLfXc3zOIpAv3xdXh7GZ2ac sKYpLXQfGomyOGD4BJmmoD4VZCcPNdSpNjKxZgXV6KBxXRhNqv9LhD+sSqFsQuX6nTVh E0pdLsMt3kb+Izq5KI4tPWDoFgtRbGqNB/fXMjpcTlnrdrDSMRSHFbOvNJbDk0SCfVyv WOdUZGiEypNtnmfMY34Yj1u7uctH4LoNBDqQb4HvVEVmn6sd9EyNGT8qW+m7Mkvlz85S jblQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530a7oCZobEnSUlRsmPoh1hFUp6e6yLbM5gRDgAapXk28e2F3a/l YoV61cen5NrY/PbSZxhToFkv4bqQysE4J6pA1NYMy2fj X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw229KRdPXeBbK1OzCtVJ2N/TYKNcsPOaiskue8rJ7sq6iOfJtIf3NJYLEJdwvhFqIUkJBH+MqjYoTN5BBI1+4= X-Received: by 2002:a67:d893:: with SMTP id f19mr8733454vsj.39.1637842868609; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:21:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <530A0404-0542-404F-9E77-484AA2E678C5@cfcl.com> <20211124184040.GS3889@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Stuart Remphrey Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 20:20:56 +0800 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000061a68505d19c02e6" Subject: [TUHS] AIX/SMIT (was Re: Book Recommendation) 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" --00000000000061a68505d19c02e6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, 18:35 Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via TUHS, < tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org> wrote: > Larry McVoy writes: > > > SMIT - just say no. > ... it would show me the command > line it was about to run. Ditto. The only SMIT or AIX feature I used/liked. Oh, that and mksysb. *maybe* the volume manager, if none was the alternative. Eventually got to understand (some of) the AIX stanza files & interactions, though also always hated them -- and no software worked/ported easily. Then I mercifully escaped AIX, after Wang went ch.11 -- a former manager/colleague had hired me into Wang Australia when they started selling HP, IBM & MIPS boxen along with PC office networks to avoid going broke, but weren't quick-footed enough. --- > Lisp is the most important idea in computer science. --Alan Kay > Unless you're a postfix lover?! Long live RPN, postscript, forth,... (ducks behind desk; exits, stage right) --00000000000061a68505d19c02e6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, 18:35 Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via TU= HS, <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>= ; wrote:
Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> writes:

> SMIT - just say no.
... it would show me the command
line it was about to run.

Ditto. The o= nly SMIT or AIX feature I used/liked.
Oh, that and m= ksysb.
*maybe* the volume manager, if none was the a= lternative.

Eventually g= ot to understand (some of) the AIX=C2=A0 stanza files & interactions, t= hough also always hated them -- and no software worked/ported easily. Then = I mercifully escaped AIX, after Wang went ch.11 -- a former manager/colleag= ue had hired me into Wang Australia when they started selling HP, IBM &= MIPS boxen along with PC office networks to avoid going broke, but weren&#= 39;t quick-footed enough.


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Lisp is the = most important idea in computer science.=C2=A0 --Alan Kay
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Unless you're a postfix lover?!<= /div>
Long live RPN, postscript, forth,...
(ducks behind desk; exits, stage right)
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