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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20724 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2020 17:19:54 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Aug 2020 17:19:54 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5FBCF9C1DB; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:19:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9EB944AA; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:19:32 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="Cimnw2Uh"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7B4E093D6A; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:19:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ej1-f51.google.com (mail-ej1-f51.google.com [209.85.218.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0174893D06 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:19:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ej1-f51.google.com with SMTP id bo3so6981799ejb.11 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:19:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=RCqMBzNs8ERsv7jejj3QijaGZPUyN2+vDnjUSL5js6Y=; b=Cimnw2UhAv2sNf3OD6x63awmKwhA8yI/WgKRza38+Q//Ix4E9wd44qDHhEg56QqrD2 miSkgIkVtyuBNslyWsAaRvHYGm2YNB4vUBIMgAZfC9/AEeMg8btef66HG2hlElxj4VOc 78xXHhnGdqiTevERqYOr/oNtiM4U0eAOQ2SXijMkSGQ/8QetahYhKtaINBLmPaycEfvn DWImafe1w5m8bUys5emvoruacx2vem3pM1FejHIVhBYxqp+opmNRPKvuoxkE1fQilbns WFEEvxAHczo3ANqUAYBvhT4+qGptQxUA6eOzon5b+PujltHuSgygVwTUNPLhCHJ4eNm4 1fzQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=RCqMBzNs8ERsv7jejj3QijaGZPUyN2+vDnjUSL5js6Y=; b=iJ1om8OgPMHhGSOPJSxVoZdaP3LERZkQwAcadwUyE9XBTfO6c1OUQGtEQdV5IlJwu0 XEQwhZGgb5ghWuxaB5nee6R+xDit11BjO4j6lcc/MbZFQLIXaxS+/Th2ou/96SRkiO5b ZqA6AxGNK74kK4Xa7Th9Zn9fhXBqM0+lHOQHqKmj+sTeXtJLHSc1R/zHcYmFDRH9zVVX SNVYg8AySDNUYNeNJUKe6tCGp3xhW4ypM5YGAxmd6ESGtUpZ/3KWYDd6HnKRPmUPFwtU aLhId0TqNHMHJv7zfr75XtQewQqnMLR+8IaeS+DRDAmvnoKuZtxqg7V7d5vNvLanzBxN OHEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532+3KAn9caRpS2zD0l/iW4cYkRyE2KvjWzdsVfNwTFDnmPU90c0 Ay2I0AMyxgUZ8L77VWcXSx5Ew/gbD/QyjuDAI/M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyS0a6EnxPQul1RotRve0i6U5yXxbTXvJJTNjz+u8ILvWkCP6VciNMoXfoxW9R0bb6SiBAN5LdRsaXnvFUoUUI= X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:398:: with SMTP id ss24mr504340ejb.311.1597339166486; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:19:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8e7efd45-a84e-cf20-9d30-8222357596a3@tnetconsulting.net> <202007200847.06K8l8DF026646@freefriends.org> <20200720094648.GE15253@ancienthardware.org> <20200801013605.GG10778@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Henry Bent Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 13:19:18 -0400 Message-ID: To: Dan Cross Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009ab32505acc5816b" Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000009ab32505acc5816b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 13:16, Dan Cross wrote: > > The Motif-version was especially horrible, and crashed all the time. The > curses-based version was called `smitty`, which I found humorous in a way I > wouldn't have expected coming from "This page intentionally left blank" > IBM. In my mind, the worst part of admining RS/6000 boxes of that era was > the little 3-digit LED code on the front: I guess those machines didn't > assume that they had either a graphical head or a serial port, so this damn > teeny tiny display would cycle through a sequence of codes that told you > what the machine was doing; it came with a book that told you what each > code meant. Something like "387" meant mounting /usr. Ugh; I just found a > page on ibm.com describing these "IPL codes." > > That seems to have been a general IBM-ism. The BIOSes were the same way - they would display a series of numeric codes on the screen and if it stopped somewhere you had to drag out the manual and look up why. -Henry --0000000000009ab32505acc5816b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 13:16, Dan Cro= ss <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:<= br>

The Motif-version was especially horri= ble, and crashed all the time. The curses-based version was called `smitty`= , which I found humorous in a way I wouldn't have expected coming from = "This page intentionally left blank" IBM. In my mind, the worst p= art of admining RS/6000 boxes of that era was the little 3-digit LED code o= n the front: I guess those machines didn't assume that they had either = a graphical head or a serial port, so this damn teeny tiny display would cy= cle through a sequence of codes that told you what the machine was doing; i= t came with a book that told you what each code meant. Something like "= ;387" meant mounting /usr. Ugh; I just found a page on ibm.com describing these "IPL codes.= "


Tha= t seems to have been a general IBM-ism.=C2=A0 The BIOSes were the same way = - they would display a series of numeric codes on the screen and if it stop= ped somewhere you had to drag out the manual and look up why.
-Henry
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