It's coming back slowly. It was in response to problems with a dh11. DEC engineer:"did you run diagnostics." Response: as quoted.

The other one: DEC engineer: "dh11 can run at a megabit". Response: "in a good wind. "

Same person, vague memory is Mike O'Dell? Is that name right?

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 1:00 PM ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:

I first heard it at usenix 1980. 

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 10:52 AM Lawrence Stewart <stewart@serissa.com> wrote:

Or JCL “It’s as easy to read one file as it is to read 1000 files."

On 2021, Sep 1, at 12:42 PM, Tom Lyon via TUHS <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org> wrote:

Another fun saying about TSO: "It may be slow, but it's hard to use."

Not sure the origin.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:10 AM Ron Natalie <ron@ronnatalie.com> wrote:

>...
>       DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale
>
>?
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>Anyone remember and/or know?
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I believe this was Mike Muuss and he used the term "dead whale" in
deference to the TSO comment.

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- Tom